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A Quite House



  An unusual detail is given in 1st Kings 6:7 about the construction of the house of the Lord. All the stonework was done offsite so that there would be no construction noise made in its building. If you have ever been on a construction site you know the noise that comes about. Of course, the sound today would be different, but still, we can understand how odd that would be.

  Still, why go to all that effort?  

  I think it says something about the reverence for the place God would dwell. We live in a world today of constant noise. People talking, air conditioners blowing, lights humming, music in the background. Silence is a strange phenomenon. Yet there are times and places where the noise seems to cease. Where something about the place or the circumstances draws the noise to a close. Think about a memorial or a cemetery or that moment in a ball game when a player is injured and the crowd hushes. The beginning of a prayer, the end of the performance, the moment of silence, where quiet is just seemingly the right response.

  "But the LORD is in His holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before Him."

Habakkuk 2:20 

 

  Maybe we need to take a moment to stand in silence before God. Cut the jabber, ignore the clamor and let our minds focus info the greatness and glory of God. We spend so much of our lives filling the air with the noise of work and play, overwhelmed but the sound of it all.

 It’s good sometimes to take a quiet and still moment before God.

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