This morning as I enter into God Reflection I begin with three personal questions.

Do I have to express an opinion on every topic?

Must I even have an opinion on everything?

What is it in my DNA that makes me feel I must always be right?

All three questions seem relevant for my interface with God.

I hear God say, “The Lord is in His Holy Temple. Let all earth keep silence before Him.”

It is in silent awe we hear His voice.

Little—if any—worship takes place when I approach God with an opinion.

Whether Scripture, worship, or living life, I want to begin with a posture of silence.

I must hear Him before I respond—if I respond at all.

Silence is holy before God.

When I open Scripture, I want my dominant posture before God to be silence. I have nothing to say. I have no opinion. I rest in silence as I attempt to absorb His Will.

In prayer, praise, or life as I begin I enter His silence with humility. His temple is holy.

If only my life would show consistency with the arena of silence. I hope that as I see His grandeur and His incomprehensible Holiness, I will hold my opinions with greater humility.

I will begin to see how great is the inconsistency to worship a God whose magnificence invokes silence, while I judge His children in my heart, and through my actions, and my speech.

Shouldn’t silence invoked by the encounter with Radiant God make me see the distance between a perfect God and an imperfect me?  Might that realization make me approach others with a deeper sense of humility?

Will an encounter with God’s awesome silence make it possible for me to give a little grace to others who don’t align with my own conclusions on how to do church and who to accept as a Christian Brother or a Christian Sister?

Stay tuned.

Dr. Gary J. Sorrells – Reflecting on Cross Church.

Gary@Godrefelction.org