Shut Your Pie-Hole

# 118 – Today's Du-votional comes from 1Sa 9:27 As they were going down to the outskirts of the city, Samuel said to Saul, "Tell the servant to go on ahead of us." And he went on. "But you stand here awhile, that I may announce to you the word of God." (1 Sam 9:27) The King James puts it this way, “Stand thou still a while, that I may show thee the word of God.” The servant goes on ahead, and now it is just Samuel and Saul. Remember, Samuel is serving as a type of Christ here, and so this serves as a great picture for all believers. It is a picture of what we have come to call our “quiet time” with the Lord. The Bible refers to believers as a “royal priesthood,” (1 Pet 2:9) so we are like Saul in this picture. Royal children of God, little kings, who need to be still before the Lord and allow the Holy Spirit to “show us the Word of God.” To “stand still” is to stand dumb before the Lord, and to be “shown the word of God,” is to hear it with understanding. Samuel, is telling Saul to keep his yapper shut, and to listen keenly to what he is about to tell him. Is this your daily practice? Do you spend time quietly listening to the voice of God as the Holy Spirit speaks to you through the Bible? Or is your idea of a quiet time to simply rattle off your long list of prayer requests. Stand still before the Lord! Daily! Let the very sun stand still, give no thought to time until God assures you of His victory over sin. Jos 10:13 says, “So the sun stood still, And the moon stopped, Till the people had revenge Upon their enemies. Ps 4:4 reminds us to: “Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah and Ps 46:10 says “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! Let these truths and any others that God needs to speak to you in His word sink in on a daily basis. But give the Holy Spirit the necessary time to break through! Be still! How long will that take? According to this passage in Samuel, “awhile.”