“This I say, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”  (Galatians 5)

 

In other words, Do all things in the Spirit or do everything in the Spirit at all times. One should be sensitive to the Spirit.  The Holy Spirit will not shout or scream. The Spirit speaks in quiet tones. Why does He do this?  Because one must listen closely and turn all other noises out.

Remember the still small voice that Elijah heard?  Do you know what still small voice means? Is it a voice that is still small? Or is the Voice of God the Voice that stills the soul? You are right if you said, God’s Voice is the Voice that stills the soul.  In the Psalms we are told to be still and know God is God.  Reader, There are many times when we should be still, these are the times when things will be made known.

I’m certain you have watched the news and experienced the talking heads yelling and talking over each other. This is the opposite of what we are discussing. We have been in the situation where persons were all talking over each other.  Do you know what stilled the situation?  When our silence, demeanor, and composure was louder than the other voices. Think about the Lord’s silence during the illegal trials of His Person.  His silence was deafening to those all around him.  His silence must have been breath-taking and left His accusers in awe.

Many saints have experienced the silence of God for a time.  C.S. Lewis writes about this silence in his, “A Grief Observed.”  Sir Robert Anderson wrote a book called, “The Silence of God.”  When God goes silent all things change utterly.  We have experienced for a very, very short period of time what it would be like to be without God.  Call me silly, because i requested this in prayer. He answered my prayer and it was perfect timing.  Reader, To be without God is a horrible feeling and a feeling it is, I felt the absence. It is unlike any other sense or feeling. It was spiritually palpable.  I felt lost.

This is not how the unsaved feel, no, not at all.  The emptiness I experienced can only be known by one who knows God and is known of God.  Reader, I am not crazy, this happened. We will never forget it. This is not what we are talking about when we talk about the silence of God.  God does not leave the saint, God simply goes silent.

Why does God go silent at times? There is as many answers to that question as there are Christ-ians. Generally speaking, it seems God is telling us, “I have given you all that you will ever need, now let US see how you handle yourself.”  In this test, God is not gone but is silent and He is watching very closely. He is trusting you to do right, be right, and think right. Another reason, methinks, God is silent at times is to show you what and who you are. After-all God knows what you will do in any situation and what you will do under any circumstances. God need not see what you will do, God wants you to see what you will or would do or won’t do in the time of God-Silence. The time of testing is meant to show you your weakness, not for be-littlement but to show you the areas that need to be prayed for, prayed on, or prayed through.

Sensitivity to the Spirit’s will and the Spirit’s leading is essential to being in the will of God. How does one become sensitive to the Spirit?
*Desire the sensitivity, all things begin at the want.
*Tell God all about your desire.
*Search the Scriptures.
*Pray without ceasing, be instant in prayer, Pray always.  Dwell in the spirit or mindset, if you will, of prayer.  Be prayer.

The Spirit of God is in us.  Where exactly is He?  The Spirit inhabits our instincts (bowels or gut) and He dwells in our thinking process and He resides in the will. The Spirit of God does not indwell the Christ-ian just to be ignored or as a ticket to Heaven.

The Spirit lives in us so that we might obey the precepts of God’s Word. The Spirit lives in us that we would be holy and Christ-like.

One can be sensitive to the Spirit as one is sensitive to sight, smell, taste, touch, and sound.

One should want to be sensitive to the Sensitivity of the Holy Spirit.