Blessing of Stillness #2
Differentiation
Beloved, I call your spirit to attention in the name of Yeshua, in whatever state it is or they are, shattered or single, healed or broken, assaulted or gathered,
Listen to the word of G-d for you for today.
Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them. And he stood by them under the tree while they ate.
They said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?”
And he said, “She is in the tent.”
The L-RD said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son.”
–Genesis 18:8-10-
Spirit, there were several points in the interactions between Abraham and Almighty G-d that were marked by silence. This account in Mamre is no exception. After Abraham greeted the three men and set a meal before them, Scripture says that “he stood by them under the tree while they ate”.
Abraham did not pepper them with questions about their identity or origins. Abraham didn’t converse with these men about his problems. Rather, he stood, quietly, while they ate.
Abraham’s most pressing need in this season in his life was a legacy. G-d knew that, and so, at some point following their meal, he spoke directly to that issue. “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son”.
But between the time when Abraham set the meal before the three visitors and when they spoke, there was an important moment of silence.
Spirit, there will be times when we need to ask for counsel from either godly people in our lives whom we trust or from the L-rd himself. For, as Scripture says elsewhere, “in the multitude of counselors there is safety” (Proverbs 11:14). In those times, we might need many voices speaking to our situation from a wealth of experience.
However, there will be times when that multitude of voices will be counterproductive. A great number of people speaking into a situation can counterproductive, because it can lead us away from the still place that we may desperately need without realizing it.
In those moments, we need to be able to come apart from the many words of our counselors, and just to stand in the stillness in the presence of the L-rd and wait for Him to speak.
In that place of stillness and silence in the Brooding Presence of the L-rd, Father does four things. First, He enables us to refocus on the point of life: Our Father. Second, as we stand still with that focus, He brings a sense of clarity. Third, He ministers to the depths of our spirits. Fourth, we receive the patience that is critical for the season of silence between when the Word of G-d speaks and when the breakthrough manifests.
So I bless you, spirit, with the wisdom to be able to differentiate between when you need wise counselors, and when you need to stand still in Father’s presence.
I bless you with the wisdom to know when the moment or season of standing in stillness arrives.
I bless you, spirit, with the desire and the capacity to wait in the stillness for Father’s response, when waiting does not make sense.
I bless you with the willingness to refocus on the Father instead of on the situation.
I bless you with the patience needed to wait in Father’s presence in order to receive the clarity and patience that is critical before He speaks.
I bless you, spirit, with the deepening that comes to you as you wait in His presence.
I bless you with the capacity to receive the amount and depth of patience that will be necessary to carry you between when you first hear the word of the L-rd, and when the breakthrough comes.
I bless you with that receptivity in the name of Yeshua.