Never do we fully
realize just how loud we are in life as when we are instructed to be quiet in
spirit.
May God help us to
be quiet.
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'A Quiet Spirit
“Let it be the hidden person of the heart with
the imperishable jewel of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is
very precious” (1 Peter 3.4).
Granted that this is
a word directed towards the sisters, it nonetheless is spiritually applicable
to the brothers as well. “To aspire to live quietly” (1 Thess. 4.11). This is
the duty of every Christian. Modern Christians talk far too much. Sometimes their
unuttered words surpass in number those that are spoken.
Confused thought and
endless speech set our spirits to wandering away from the control of our wills.
A “wild spirit”
often leads people to walk according to the flesh. How hard for believers to
restrain themselves from sinning when their spirits become unruly. An errant
spirit invariably ends up with an error in conduct. Before one can display a
quiet mouth he first must possess a quiet spirit, for out of the abundance of
the spirit does the mouth speak.
We ought to
carefully keep our spirit in stillness; even in time of intense confusion our
inner being should nevertheless be able to sustain an independent quietude.
A placid spirit is
essential to anyone walking after the spirit: without it he shall quickly fall
into sin. If our spirit is hushed we can hear the voice of the Holy Spirit
there, obey the will of God, and understand what we cannot understand when
confused. Such a quiet inner life constitutes the Christian’s adornment which
betokens something manifested outwardly. '
The Spiritual Man by Watchman Nee
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