In the Silence You Can Hear Him

This post is from about 5 years ago. Some things are worth repeating.

I thought I was losing my mind. On several occasions, I have been lying in bed reading and heard music. Once I got up and went into the boys’ room to see if they could turn off their music for the night only to find that they didn’t have music playing. It was puzzling but I didn’t think too much of it. I’d go back to bed and put it out of my mind.

I have inner ear issues, so maybe I’m really not hearing anything, I would tell myself. Maybe it’s other normal house noises that I’m perceiving as musical. I’d just get it settled and then a few nights later I’d hear it again. I finally told my husband I was hearing music. He thought I must be imagining it. Maybe I was.

The only time I could hear it was at night when the house got quiet and I was finally still and ready to rest. This morning my husband heard it too and we finally solved the mystery. A few months ago I received a small television that belonged to my grandfather. We put it in our room along with a DVD player so we could watch movies once in a while when the boys were using the only other TV in the house. We also hooked up a set of computer speakers. As sometimes happens, the system is picking up radio waves and in the stillness at bedtime, I can hear the faint music coming through the speakers.

I’m not losing my mind after all! You can imagine how relieved I felt! But the Lord wasn’t done using this experience. He took this opportunity to remind me that this is what I have to do in my spirit. His voice is often like those radio waves. I have to shut off the noise of the world in order to hear Him. It isn’t because He can’t speak loudly. He could shout if He chose to. But He would rather I quiet myself and chose to turn away from the noise of life around me to give Him my full attention.

He has intimate things to say to me that are for me alone. He has things to tell you as well. He wants to speak to you in the voice that only you can hear. He wants to whisper to you how much He loves you and what wonderful things He has in store for you. We can hear Him best when we turn down the volume around us.

I listen carefully to what God the LORD is saying, for he speaks peace to his faithful people. But let them not return to their foolish ways.” Psalm 85:8 (NLT)