Speak, Lord, in the stillness

Love this old hymn from my childhood - seldom sung now. I have recently been challenged to spend 15 mins a day just listening to God speak to me and have used the words of the first verse as a prayer before each session. Beautiful.

"Speak Lord .... While I wait on Thee;" When God spoke to Samuel the first time, he thought it was his master Eli, the priest and judge of Israel. As instructed by Eli, he responded: "Speak, for Your servant is listening.” Apart from the Lord Jesus Himself, there is not a person in the Bible who followed God closer then Samuel did. And God entrusted the boy with a message of doom normally not meant for a child to hear. Samuel listened to God with a servant's heart and he became a great man in the Kingdom of God.

I find it hard to listen, I have so much to say. God help me to linger in Your presence!

What a beautiful, lyrical prayer. I have known these words much of my life, although not sung them in church in recent years. This morning as I thought of my oft repeated prayer from Psalm 119:18, these words sprang to mind.

Beautiful words. May I hear His voice. I will be still and wait.