The Church would soon be healed of her sorrows, and delivered
from her divisions, if she would for a while be silent; but the voice of a favorite
teacher is heard by some, and the voice of another master in Israel is listened to by
others, and so God's voice is lost amid the clamor of sects and the uproar of parties. Oh,
that the Church would sit at Jesus' feet, lay aside her prejudices, and take the Word in
its simplicity and integrity, and accept what God the Lord only declares to be the truth.
I invite the members of this church, and urge the members of all the churches to see to
this, that we cry unto the Lord for a blessed silence in His presence, till we sit like
servants waiting for the Master's word, and stand like watchmen waiting for the Master's
coming. Lord send that solemn silence over all Your people now.
Words, words, words: we have so many words, and they are chaff, but where is THE WORD that
in the beginning was God and was with God? That Word is the living and incorruptible seed.
We want less of the words of man, and more of Him who is the very Word of God. BE QUIET
and let Jesus speak. Let His wounds speak to you: let His death speak to you; let His
resurrection speak to you; let His ascension and His subsequent glory speak to you; and
let the trumpet of the second advent ring in your ears. You cannot hear the music of these
glorious things because of the rattle of the wheels of care and the vain jangle of
disputatious self-wisdom. Be silent, that you may hear the voice of Jesus, for when He
speaks your strength will be renewed. The eternal Spirit is with His people, but we often
miss His power because we give more ear to other voices than to His, and quite often our
own voice is an injury to us, for it is heard when we have received no message from the
Lord, and therefore gives an uncertain sound. If we will wait upon the blessed Spirit, His
mysterious influence will sway us most divinely, and we shall be filled with all the
fullness of God. Our strength will be renewed, if in silence we yield up to God all our
own wisdom and strength. Brethren, I never am so full as when I am empty; I have never
been so strong as in the extremity of weakness. The source of our worst weakness is our
homeborn strength, and the source of our worst folly is our personal wisdom.
Lord, help us to be still till we have abandoned ourselves, till we have said, Lord, our
ways of working cannot be compared with Your ways of working; teach us how to work; Lord,
our judgments are weak compared with Your perfect judgment; we are fools, be our teacher
and guide in all things. Crush out of us our fancied strength, and make us like worms, for
it is the worm Jacob that You will make into the new sharp threshing instrument, which
shall thresh the mountain. After this sort shall you renew your strength. Keep silent, you
saints, till you have felt your folly and your weakness, and then renew your strength most
gloriously by casting yourselves upon the strength of God. More than ever before let your
inmost souls be filled with trust in the Arm that never fails, the Hand that never loses
its cunning, the Eye that is never closed, the Heart that never wavers. [Trust in Jesus].
From: A Revival Source Center