SILENCE
(Saturday) This is from the Daily Thought by John Stott for tomorrow:
Some of our services are far too formal, respectable and
dull. At the same time, in some modern meetings the almost
total loss of the dimension of reverence disturbs me. It
seems to be assumed by some that the chief evidence of the
presence of the Holy Spirit is noise. Have we forgotten
that a dove is as much an emblem of the Holy Spirit as are
wind and fire? When he visits his people in power, he
sometimes brings quietness, silence, reverence and awe.
His still small voice is heard. Men bow down in wonder
before the majesty of the living God and worship. 'The
Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence
before him' (Hab. 2:20).

--From "Balanced Christianity" (London: Hodder and
Stoughton, 1975), p. 39.