Good Morning Friends,
When the prophet Malachi finished delivering
the message that God had given to him, then God fell silent. God would not speak
again for over 400 years. There would not be a prophet, a messenger of God,
again until John the Baptist came announcing the coming of the Messiah.
During those years of silence, the people of
Israel must have wondered: Is God still there? Does He care? Is He still at
work in our lives? Has He forgotten us?
When God’s silence finally did end with the
coming of John it was God saying that He had not forgotten them, that He was
still there, that He was still at work, that He did still care
The end of God’s silence came with the most
profound revelation of Himself ever, the revelation of Himself through His Son,
Jesus.
There are times in our lives when God is
silent. During those times of silence, we ask the same questions that the people
of Israel asked: Is God still there? Does He care? Is He still at work in our
lives? Has He forgotten us?
The years of silence between Malachi and John
the Baptist are a powerful testimony that we can have confidence that God is
still there and still at work even when He is silent and that God will again
speak when the time is right.
Those years of silence provide confidence for
us that God is still there, even when He is silent!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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