Many people do not know how to handle silence because it feels awkward for them. In reality, it is only awkward when you do not know the person. There is a beautiful holy silence after worship time, in which, if you are sensitive to the Holy Spirit, you will feel the tangible presence of God in that moment.
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I have known the Spirit to be powerful, demonstrative and full of manifestations and power, but I have also known a beautiful deep secrecy that lives within the silence.
This morning as I was sitting before the Lord before the livestream, the thought of holy silence with the Lord overwhelmed me. I felt as though I did not want to talk but just be in His presence. It is in the beauty of the silence that so many deep revelations are revealed.
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When you know the presence of the Lord, there is a very inviting draw in your spirit into solitude. Jesus would go into solitude in His prayer time to the point where He was quiet enough that He could hear the wind blow.
Are you silent enough to hear the wind of the Spirit blowing within you in the silence?
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Chris Garcia is the founder of Father’s Glory International. Father’s Glory is devoted to promoting God’s manifested presence and power through the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is Father’s glory, and it is through the unveiling of the Son that lives are transformed. Chris is also a revivalist with a heart for the local church and serves as the lead overseer at House of Glory in Fort Smith, Arkansas. House of Glory is a Spirit-filled, fivefold apostolic revival hub that exists to cultivate the presence of God and the power of the gospel regionally and internationally. God is looking for those who will give Him a place to rest and allow His people to interact with His presence, power and glory. Second Corinthians 3:18 says, “But we all, seeing the glory of the Lord with unveiled faces, as in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory by the Spirit of the Lord.” It is for His glory that we proclaim His name. Chris and his wife, Zuly, reside in the Fort Smith area with their three children.
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