"And when He had sent them away, He departed to the mountain to pray." - Mark 6:46 (KJV)
A. W. Tozer writes:
"Very few of us know the secret of bathing our souls in silence. It was a secret our Lord Jesus Christ knew very well. There were times when He had to send the multitudes away so He could retire alone into the silence of the mountainside. There He would turn the God-ward side of His soul toward heaven and for a long time expose Himself to the face of His Father in heaven.
My eyes and ears and spirit are aware of the immaturities in the so-called evangelicalism of our time. The more noise we make, the happier we seem to be. All of the signs of immaturity are among us. We are seeing a general abhorrence of being alone, of being silent before the Lord. We shrink from allowing our souls to be bathed in the healing silences."
taken from Men Who Met God, 103-104.
2 comments:
Dear David...We had a ministry meeting tonight.
Robert Surgenor was in from New Creek, Ohio.
He was telling us about a preacher, Mr. Gould...you probably have heard of him, David.
Well one time at a conference, everybody was ilned up and serving themselves buffet-style at mealtime.
Somebody noticed Mr. Gould sitting all alone on a chair with his eyes closed and the sweetest smile on his face.
This person asekd him, "Mr.Gould what are you doing?
It is lunch time."
"Well", Mr. Gould said, "I am just sitting here and letting the Lord love me!"
Wasn't this just so nice David?
I am glad that Mr. Surgenor told us this story.
And your post here goes right along with it!...From Terry
Indeed David...just by turning off the noise a certain peace settles over me. I ought to do it more often. I need God's peace.
Blessings...Susan
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