Abe and his wife were travelling on a gravel road through farmlands in a rural area. They took a shortcut to their home from another town. It was close to midnight when he suddenly stopped the car, turned down the windows and switched off the car.
They were instantly aware of the silence that greeted them. “Listen to the sound of silence,” he said. Nothing could be heard, not even a cricket. “Isn’t it absolutely beautiful?”
Without a moon, all the stars seemed extra bright, much more radiant than in town where they stayed.
In the quiet of the night, he suddenly heard Jesus speaking to him. “Why do you enjoy this sound of silence?”
“Lord, because it is so completely different from the hustle and bustle in town. This is so calm, it seems almost holy.”
“This is what you would experience the day when you enter into heaven, except for the singing every so often. However, Abe, silence in your day and age is not so good.”
“Why, Lord?”
“Everything in the universe was created by sound, spoken words of God and He has not stopped speaking yet.” (Gen 1)
“If those words should stop proceeding from His mouth, you would stop living. Remember My words in Matthew 4:4, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”
“Those words form the most important sound in the universe today. Every day when you feel you struggle through life, God speaks life over you. You have no idea how many words were spoken over you the last 24 hours, even when you are not praying!”
“Abe, My question to you is, what sound does proceed from your mouth to please God?”
Silence…
“Lord,” Abe said, “We praise and worship You. Thank You for the sounds of life echoing through the universe. Help us to create the most beautiful praise and worship sounds for You every day of our lives!”