In my last post I spoke of the overload of noise in our culture today in comparison to the still small voice of God. Psalm 46:10 reads ” Be still, and know I am God.“
In contrast to this quiet mode that the bible speaks of I am curious at such verses that speaks of shouting and being loud.
Psalm 32:11 “shout for joy, all you upright in heart.”
Psalm 47:1 “oh, clap your hands, all you people! Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
Psalm 98:4 “Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth.”
Psalm 150:5 “Praise him with loud cymbals.”
How do we explain the contrast between being quiet and being loud?
When God is speaking to us and dealing in our lives to grow us spiritually we need to be quiet and listen to His still small voice. He is not going to speak to us in all of the noise of our culture. He will speak to us in His still small voice of God.That voice we hear inwardly.
When we are speaking on behalf of God concerning how He has blessed us and has grown us spiritually we are to shout that message to all those around us. In a sense it is to bring glory to God concerning His mighty acts and works He has done for us in our lives. I want everyone to know what God has done for me.
We have before us a great contrast in our relationship with God. In other words, there is a time to be quiet and their is a time to shout and be noisy.
It reminds us of what Solomon said many years ago, there is a time for everything. A time to be quiet and a time to shout.
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