Matthew 26:62-63
“And the high priest arose and said to Him, ‘Do You answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You?’ But Jesus kept silent…”
There is a discipline we need to practice, and that’s the discipline of silence. Even when there’s pressure for us to speak, we don’t have to speak because of pressures. This discipline is not easy to manage but it can be cultivated as we walk with God’s Spirit. Provocations will come from all sides. External pressures will arise. Pressures from within you will be clamoring for you to speak up, to make your opinion heard, to make your self-defense. However for those who have mastered this discipline, they never yield to the pressures to speak because they only speak when heaven gives them permission to speak.
Jesus lived under this discipline of silence. He never spoke because He wanted to speak or because people expected Him to speak. Jesus always and only spoke when the Father permitted Him to speak. He had full control of His words, and He could never be intimidated to speak when He didn’t want to. That’s the life we need to live. That’s the sign of the spiritually mature believer.
“Lord, I must overcome the temptations to talk because people want me to talk. Lord, teach me the discipline of quietness, even when everything is demanding that I talk. May I talk only if and when You expect me to. In Your name, I pray. Amen.”
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