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Two Kingdoms Cannot Blend

“An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.” (Proverbs 29:27)

What Is Happening in the Passage

This verse teaches that there are two very different ways to live. One way belongs to people who love God and want to do what is right. The other way belongs to people who ignore God and choose what is wrong. These two ways cannot blend together. People who love what is wrong do not enjoy being around what is right, and people who love what is right do not enjoy being around what is wrong.

What This Teaches Us About God

God is perfectly good, and everything He does is good. He never mixes light with darkness or right with wrong. Because He loves what is holy and true, He teaches His children to walk in the good way that pleases Him.

Supportive Scripture: “Ye that love the LORD, hate evil.” (Psalm 97:10)

What This Teaches Us About Us

When we belong to God, He changes our hearts. We begin to love what He loves and turn away from what is wrong. Sometimes people who do not love God may not understand our choices, but following God’s way is always the best path.

Supportive Scripture: “The fear of the LORD is to hate evil.” (Proverbs 8:13)

How This Leads Us to Jesus

Jesus is the perfectly righteous Son of God. He came into a world that loved darkness, yet He never walked in its ways. Instead, He came to save sinners and bring them into His kingdom of light. As we trust Him, He teaches us to walk in His good and holy way.

Supportive Scripture: “Every one that doeth evil hateth the light.” (John 3:20)

What This Means for Our Hearts

Every day we can choose to walk with Jesus. Even when others do not understand us, He is always with us, helping us love what is right, turn away from what is wrong, and follow Him with joyful hearts.

Supportive Scripture: “If ye continue in My word, then are ye My disciples indeed.” (John 8:31)

Words to Know

Righteous — loving what is right because God loves it.

Wicked — choosing what is wrong and turning away from God.Upright in the way — walking in the path that pleases God.

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The Silence Before the Voice

There are moments in Scripture when all human sound is stilled, and the soul stands in the quiet before God. Job 4:16 describes such a moment: a silence not of emptiness, but of awe — the threshold where the creature is hushed and the Word draws near.
This site takes its name from that holy stillness: And then there was silence.The purpose of this place is simple: to lift the Word of God without distraction, without embellishment, and without the noise of self. Each devotional is written to bring the heart into that same posture of quiet reverence, where Scripture is allowed to speak with its own weight and Christ is seen in His own glory.
Here, the writer is hidden. The voice is not mine. The aim is not expression, but submission; not commentary, but clarity; not noise, but nearness. Silence is not the absence of sound — it is the clearing away of every lesser voice so that the Word may be heard.
If the Lord is pleased to use these meditations to still the heart, to draw the reader into the hush before His voice, and to turn the gaze toward Christ, then the purpose of this work is fulfilled.
And then there was silence — and the Word was lifted high.

Job 4:16 “It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,”

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