QUIETNESS 2

Voice of Eden (episode 212)

Thur. 18th Feb 2020

𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐄𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒

𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝,

It is no longer news that most Christians give more attention to the flesh and less to the spirit. We become more sensitive to our external and less sensitive to the internal. We are always engaged with one external activity or another and never willing to shut down everything so that the spirit can find full expression.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞?

𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝟹:𝟺, which says:

“Instead, it [talking about your beauty] should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.” 

God does not just instruct that we quiet our body and mind, he cherishes a quiet Spirit. He calls it beautiful. A quiet and gentle Spirit is one of humility and immense love for God, your self and other people. It means we do not stir up arguments in our inner man for our gain or fight anger with anger; a gentle, patient tongue is like water to a flame.

We live in a time where activities have made it almost impossible for us to Love God and fellowship with Him on a deeper level (spirit and truth). Being gentle and quiet in spirit just means being obedient to God and His Word on the inside. Being open and honest to Him. Being attentive to know what He would have you do & yielding to his voice on your inside.

The spirit can only be fruitful in a quiet environment. 𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕. When a man's spirit is quiet, then it can be fruitful.

 𝙶𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝟻:𝟸𝟸-𝟸𝟹

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

I will tell you two major activities that can help quiet the spirit (any other thing you do should come after these two).

1. 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 &

2. 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑮𝒐𝒅'𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅

The most dangerous noise is in our smartphones. That is why the devil is willing to keep us up all night on a phone conversation, chatting all night, or surfing the web and makes sure we never find the time to pray or study. If we must be able to pray and study, we must be willing to turn down the noise. 

𝐃𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐝.

Shalom

#voe

#keepgrowing

#quietness

#goodmorning