Waits In Silence

Psalms 62:1-2 ESV

1 For God alone my soul waits in silence;
from him comes my salvation.
2 He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.

Silence appears throughout the Bible, and the implications and context are varied. It can accompany awe and fear, just as well as can accompany despair.
Here there is a sense of rest, of total trust. The chaos of the world has receded into the peace of God. When we place our trust in God alone, we are never alone. He is our rock, mighty and sure.

When we are speaking, it's hard to hear. When in motion, it's hard to be still.

When the fanfare of self grows quiet, we then are able to wait on the Lord.

This We Know

1 John 5:19-21 NIV
We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. 20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
21 Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.

The word true is repeated several times and is the central message in this passage. Truth is heard by those of the Spirit. The Spirit of truth enables the hearing of the truth.
It is possible to know God by the Spirit He has given us. In this way the confusion of the world gives way to the peace of God. This we know.

Eat From The Tree Of Life -Revelation 2:7

Rev 2:7 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God

Whoever has the Spirit has the "ears" to hear what the Spirit says. Without them the gospel makes no sense. Each collective or assembly of the church is addressed. It is in community that we experience God, in the loving of each other that we know Him.

Being victorious here means life, the appropriation of Christ's victory. The tree of life is the Son, the Holy One of God. This is the manna from heaven, the bread of life. Paradise is where God is and the victorious one will live in His presence.
What was lost in in the creation story in Genesis is restored in the last chapter of Revelation. The pages between the two passages tell of God's love and plan for us.

Genesis 3:22-24
Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—” 23 therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. 24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.

Revelation 22:1-5
Chapter 22
The River of Life
1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.

Seek My Face

Psalms 27:8 ESV
You have said, “Seek my face.”
My heart says to you,
“Your face, Lord, do I seek.”

He calls out to hearts which were fashioned for fellowship with Him. The word is near and whispers to our souls. Our peace is in answering, of saying yes to that voice of love.

Shall Behold His Face

Psalms 23:3 ESV
He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.

Psalms 11:7
For the Lord is righteous;
he loves righteous deeds;
the upright shall behold his face.

Those who are upright are able to stand because they have been raised from the dead, reborn from above.
He leads us in righteousness to righteousness. He is our reward and portion.

Which I Also Hate -Revelation 2:6

Rev 2:6 But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate

Christ is the judge.  If we follow Him, we are to love the things He loves and to hate the things He hates.  This serves to remind us that not all things are acceptable and OK with our Lord.  We please Him when we listen to Him and seek after His righteousness.  The more we are able to see the world from His perspective, the more we display and are growing into the mind of Jesus.  

Before One Of Them Came To Be.

Psalms 139:13-16 NIV
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.

God created Adam from the earth. Here the womb is likened to the earth.
God knew Adam's days before they came to be. He knows ours. He sees the end from the beginning.
He is at both ends of time, connecting them. He is in the middle and always present.
Our names are written in the book of life, or in the books of judgement. The choice is ours, but He knows. The path chosen determines our destiny.