The power of the silence:

[Leonardo Von]

The power of the silence:

•    “One despising his friend lacks heart, but a man of understanding remains silent.” (Proverbs 11:12). 

Those who belittle their neighbor lack understanding. After all, when a person approach of us, it is something supernatural. Even if they came in order to require some professional service, it isn’t in vain that they chose us instead of our concurrent.

However, it doesn’t mean that we need to do or speak something. Many times, we relate love to this. Nonetheless, many times, what people need is to be heard, to have someone that comprehend and support them.

Furthermore, more important than gifts, actions and words is our life, our time, our presence. After all, does you know what is the best form of loving? It is giving what we have of most important: ourselves. At the moments when the words are missing, to be close to the needy is very comfortable to them. 

Besides, if we don’t know what to speak, if we don’t receive Jesus’ revelation, it’s better to shut up:

•    “But you, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands on you and shall bind you with them, and you shall not go out among them. And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be dumb and shall not be one who warns them. For they are a rebellious house.” (Ezekiel 3:25,26).

See that the Creator shut Ezekiel’s mouth so that he only could speak in the right moment. This is so important that the Creator also promised to Moses to be with his mouth. Lamentably, he turned down the assistance of the Creator (Exodus 4:12-14) and the result is that he spoke unthoughtfully and, for this, didn’t come into the promise land (Psalms 106:32,33).

So, may Jesus be with your mouth so that you only speak what is good to build up so that it may give grace to the ones hearing (Eph 4:29). 

    

[Who me]

20 hours ago, Leonardo Von said:

Those who belittle their neighbor lack understanding.

Depends what you mean.

Proverbs 27:5 Better is open rebuke
    than hidden love.

6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
    but an enemy multiplies kisses.

                                                              and

Prov 27:10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
    more than a hundred lashes a fool

 

 

[B-B]

20 hours ago, Leonardo Von said:

Besides, if we don’t know what to speak, if we don’t receive Jesus’ revelation, it’s better to shut up:

•    “But you, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands on you and shall bind you with them, and you shall not go out among them. And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be dumb and shall not be one who warns them. For they are a rebellious house.” (Ezekiel 3:25,26).

No disrespect intended @Leonardo Von.. But I think you might of missed the point of how the Lord used Ezekiel... Ezekiel, the prophet was warned by God that if he didn't warn the Israelites, their blood would be on his hands....

4 Then He said to me: “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them. 5 For you are not sent to a people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, but to the house of Israel, 6 not to many people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, had I sent you to them, they would have listened to you. 7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you, because they will not listen to Me; for all the house of Israel are [a]impudent and hard-hearted. 8 Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads. 9 Like adamant stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; do not be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”

10 Moreover He said to me: “Son of man, receive into your heart all My words that I speak to you, and hear with your ears. 11 And go, get to the captives, to the children of your people, and speak to them and tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ whether they hear, or whether they refuse.”

12 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a great thunderous voice: “Blessed is the glory of the Lord from His place!” 13 I also heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, and a great thunderous noise. 14 So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me. 15 Then I came to the captives at Tel Abib, who dwelt by the River Chebar; and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.

 

16 Now it came to pass at the end of seven days that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them warning from Me: 18 When I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 19 Yet, if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.

20 “Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die; because you did not give him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand. 21 Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man that the righteous should not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning; also you will have delivered your soul.”

Ezekiel 3

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'The power of the silence' as you have phrased it...is not really the theme of Ezekiel....

Edited August 6, 2022 by B-B