January 24, 2021 · Psalm 4:4

Silence in His Holy Presence

Tremble and do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent.

“What I love about reflection is this idea that there's something there that kind of reflects. I'm reflecting God, I'm reflecting Christ. I'm also reflecting because some of my experience and my day and my thoughts are kind of bouncing off it and being reflected, and I'm going over them again. This is the reality. What the Psalmist is telling us is: open your heart to scrutiny. Don't let it commit mutiny. You and God have a unity. The Bible calls all Christians to be reflective people. We can't just run about our lives and whatever happens, happens. We're not allowed to fly by the seat of our pants or act rashly. Christians are called to meditate, to reflect, to commune with our own hearts, to search our thoughts and our emotions. Our emotions need to be checked. Run them through the Holy Spirit filter. Your thoughts need to be checked. Run them through the Holy Spirit filter. The habit of, when we go to bed, when we wake up, turning these thoughts to God — whether we're going to bed, whether we're waking up, whatever it is — it's going to help stop us from making poor decisions or hurting other people. It's actually going to help us get closer to God. And I love that it's when you're on your bed. Isn't that amazing? I used to teach people — sometimes, because you fall asleep, there is that danger. But what I love is the scripture actually says, hey, use that time in your bed.”