The Best Thing About Being Quiet...

Yesterday, Darrel and I saw God move in one of the most vivid and mighty ways ever. We were part of a situation that from the outside looked bleak. We had prayed all morning that God would remove obstacles and close the mouths of the enemies that were gathering all around. I remembered that the Scripture says not to worry about what you will say when you're before men - that the Holy Spirit will give you the words. Boy, was I going to see the Word in action before the day was over. I watched as my warrior knight stood before the wolves, snakes, and vultures and fought for one of our "kids". He was strong and annointed. God totally gave him a place of favor to speak openly and say some very hard things. In the end, God saved the day. He showed Himself to be the God that cannot fail - that in our weakness, He is made strong - that He Who began a good work in us will be faithful to complete it. I could go on and on about the many ways God confirmed His word to us yesterday.

What was our basic instruction in all of this? God made it clear that we were to be quiet and let the enemy dig a pit for themselves. Then when the time was right, to speak the word of God to them. Don't ever think that the enemy doesn't know which buttons to push. He is practiced at it! He knows exactly what has worked in the past to stir us up - he hands us the shovel as we dig deep pits for ourselves. But if we will be sensitive to the Holy Spirit and learn to be quiet - and that doesn't simply mean not speaking, but also keeping our emotions under His control - the enemy will begin to use that shovel on himself!

There is an old chorus we used to sing when I was a child that simply said "Victory, victory shall be mine...victory, victory shall be mine...if I'll hold my peace, let the Lord fight my battles...victory, victory shall be mine!" How true - if we will just hold our peace and let the Lord fight for us, we will see victory. I found a piece of paper by the couch the other day with the scribblings of my ever-composing, nine-year-old, song-writing daughter Kelsey on it. I think she summed it up best:

My God is big, my God is strong, there is none other like Him!
My God is all powerful, my God's in charge, my God is the greatest of all!
My God died on a cross for you and me, He destroyed the temple and built it again in 3 days!
My God made the blind man see, my God made the deaf man hear!
Remember my God when you awaken, remember my God when you sleep
Remember my God all the time.
My God you are best, my God you're better than the rest!

Out of the mouths of babes...