Psalm 50:1-6

The Mighty One, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.

Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest.

He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:

“Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”

The heavens declare his righteousness; for God himself is judge!

The Psalmist declares that our God does not stay silent.

He speaks.

He speaks through creation, leaving us without excuse as we perceive His handiwork in the created order (Romans 1). We see the declaration of His goodness and His care all around us.

He speaks through the power of His word, through the prophets and the psalmists, in all these scriptures and songs and stories.

Most of all, He speaks to us through His only begotten Son, the Living Word at work in the written word, at work in our hearts.

And we enter into silence in the confidence that He speaks to us still.

He is no worthless idol with nothing to say.

He is the Living God.

As Habakkuk declared, The Lord is in His holy temple; therefore, let all the earth keep silence before Him.

Because our God does not keep silence.

He has something to say.

Of course, we may not always like what we hear when He speaks. The Psalmist declares that He is also the judge. And judges render rulings. No doubt, His rulings are fair and just. But the Judge might just upset the world I’ve created for myself. Nevertheless, He has something to say.

May we be found faithful when the Lord our God speaks.

And if we are not, may we heed His call and be obedient to His word.

For our God does not keep silent.