Selected Devotion from Streams in the Desert
By L.B.Cowman; Jim Reimann
He answered nothing. (Mark 15:3 KJV)
There is no scene in all the Bible more majestic than our Savior remaining silent before the men who were reviling Him. With one quick burst of divine power, or one fiery word of rebuke, He could have caused His accusers to be laid prostrate at His feet. Yet He answered not one word,allowing them to say
and do their very worst. He stood in THE POWER OF
STILLNESS—God’s holy silent Lamb.
There is a place of stillness that allows God the opportunity to work for us and gives us peace. It is a stillness that ceases our scheming, self-vindication, and the search for a temporary means to an end through our own wisdom and judgment.
Instead, it lets God provide an answer, through His unfailing and faithful love, to the cruel blow we have suffered.
Oh, how often we thwart God’s intervention on our behalf by taking up our own cause or by striking a blow in our owndefense! May God grant each of us this silent power and submissive spirit. Then once our earthly battles and strife are over, others will remember us as we now remember the morning dew, the soft light of sunrise, a peaceful evening breeze, the Lamb of Calvary, and the gentle and holy heavenly Dove.
A. B. Simpson