Category: Devotionals

  • THE SOUL COMFORTABLE IN EXILE

    “…with all them whose spirit God had raised up, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.” (Ezra 1:5) By the rivers of Babylon,…

  • The Goodness, Truth, and Wholehearted Work of Hezekiah

    “And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.And in every work that he began in the…

  • The Faithfulness of the Rural Priests

    “Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name,…

  • The Faithfulness of the Whole Community

    “Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;And to the…

  • The Daily Portion for Every Priest

    “Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in…

  • The Faithfulness That Reached Every Household

    “And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, to distribute with fidelity to their brethren, both to the…

  • The Faithful Distribution to the Priests

    “And under him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by…

  • Faithfulness in the Hands of Many

    “And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most…

  • The Appointed Overseers of the Heaps

    “And Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them,And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which…

  • The Testimony of the Priests

    “And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have…

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,”