Last spring Bob Kilpatrick visited CATG for a memorable time with the worship team and in both Sunday morning services. During this time he talked about his new book that will be released in August. The title is The Secret of Silence. Bob talks about how the business of our world, the cares and worries of life precludes our ability to sit in silence before Him. Being silent before the LORD is commanded in scripture multiple times and in the his book, Bob leads us into a deeper understanding of the power of silence in a 21 day journey.
I am hoping to have a Life Group based around this book in the fall, so I figured it would probably be a good thing to practice the spiritual discipline of silence before I tried to communicate it.
Today was day 1, and it is really hard to sit silent and keep your mind from running around like a hyper chihuahua. Before I went into the prayer closet in this lovely home, the words to a hymn called Let All Flesh Keep Silent came to mind. In particular one line in the first verse. “Ponder Nothing Earthly Minded.” I kept on shaking my head like an EtchaSketch to maintain focus. This is going to be an interesting journey.
Here’s the words to the hymn and a youtube guitar solo of this hymn.
Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
And with fear and trembling stand;
Ponder nothing earthly minded,
For with blessing in His hand,
Christ our God to earth descendeth,
Our full homage to demand.
King of kings, yet born of Mary,
As of old on earth He stood,
Lord of lords, in human vesture,
In the body and the blood;
He will give to all the faithful
His own self for heavenly food.
Rank on rank the host of heaven
Spreads its vanguard on the way,
As the Light of light descendeth
From the realms of endless day,
That the powers of hell may vanish
As the darkness clears away.
At His feet the six wingèd seraph,
Cherubim with sleepless eye,
Veil their faces to the presence,
As with ceaseless voice they cry:
Alleluia, Alleluia
Alleluia, Lord Most High!
