God's Holy Hush

It is a beautiful place in prayer when one arrives to the place of silence as a Holy Hush fills the room and all prayer seems to cease. With eyes closed, hearts beating with expectation and hands lifted toward Heaven in reckless abandon, you can almost feel your spirit lifted to the threshold of Heaven's gates. You can sense the Holy Spirit's presence as you anxiously await God's words to be spoken, as you await a work of His hands. His presence is almost tangible like a thick fog that engulfs you all around. His presence is safe, secure and, at times, exhilerating. It is in these moments that you want to be so completely yielded to Him so that you miss nothing. Your ears strain to hear, your mind is eager to absorb His truths, your hands reach a little further toward heaven as though you could actually touch its gates. Your list of petitions has long ceased to be mentioned as you simply marvel in His glory. 

"Be still and know that I am God." You hear the whisper of the word of God reminding you. Then it happens.

You find that you cannot be still. The Holy Hush that seemed to draw you to the very gates of Heaven has now been interrupted. "Be still..." It seems so simple, yet it is a struggle. How often has the Lord invited us into His inner court? How often has He longed to share the deep secrets of His heart to a willing child of His? Despite how comfortable the silence of the Holy Hush is, whether in a group or alone, it seems it is often interrupted. How long is too long to "Be still and know that I am God"? I would say that if we failed to get to the part that says, "...and know that I am God", then we probably did not wait long enough. 

I believe many people have been trusting the Lord for a breakthrough in their lives, whether it be in relationships, finance, health, faith or other. 

Breakthrough is defined as: 
1. a military movement or advance all the way through and beyond an enemy's front-line defense.
2. an act or instance of removing or surpassing an obstruction or restriction; the overcoming of a stalemate.
3. any significant or sudden advance, development, achievement, or increase, as in 
scientific knowledge or diplomacy, that removes a barrier to progress  

Let us be challenged to truly learn to wait upon the Lord. Let us endeavor to fulfill this command in all its simplicity. Let us, "Be still and know that I am God." Perhaps it is then that we will have our breakthroughs as we learn to war in the stillness of God's Holy Hush. Many blessings to you all.