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W. David O. Taylor reflects on the importance of silence for prayer, worship, and preaching, observing that we must first listen to God and digest his word to respond and bear fruit in our lives.
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Silence is fundamental to faithful prayer because prayer begins with the act of listening, not talking. God gets the first word—not the pastor, not the musician, not any of us.
Silence is also fundamental to faithful singing because in silence, we attune our ears to “the chief Conductor of our hymns,” as John Calvin once put it, in order to be reminded that we were not the first to arrive on the liturgical scene. In humility, we listen first—then we sing.
Silence is likewise fundamental to faithful preaching because the preacher must make time for the people of God to inwardly digest the word of God so that it has a fighting chance to take root in our hearts and bear good fruit in our lives.
—W. David O. Taylor, “Make a Joyful Silence Unto the Lord,” Christianity Today October 2019
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