Wow! I just posted a quote in my last post about silence. I have heard that quote, "In silence you shall know Me." several times. I wanted to give you the source of that quote believing it was a bible verse. I did a search and found no reference to it. However, I was led to this PROFOUND and timely message given by Benny Hinn. It is in pdf format and quite long. I highly recommend that you read this entire lesson on "Operating in the Annointing." by clicking the link I provided below. I have just been blown away by this teaching.
given by Pastor Benny Hinn
AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD’S PRESENCE
After Moses encountered God on Mount Sinai, what happened? “And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him” (Exodus 34:29).
We learn from this verse:
1. God’s presence cancels self.
2. Moses lost sight of self. We regain sight of ourselves when the glory leaves. (When the glory of God left Adam, he realized he was naked. Nakedness is the result of the absence of the glory. Adam and Eve were clothed in glory, thus they did not realize they were naked. So when sin entered their hearts and they lost God’s presence, they clothed themselves, for they were accustomed to being covered.)
3. It is His presence that transforms us.
4. The glory of God changes the heart. It is spiritual. This is the reason Elisha died a sick man. Even though the glory of God was in him, the presence of God did not affect his body but filled his heart, yet God’s power lingered in his bones after his death. People can be sick and still carry the glory of God. (Example: Paul’s infirmity.)
5. People want health, strength, and longevity. They do not think about what is inside. The glory belongs to the inner man, to the spirit.
UNDERSTANDING THE GLORY AND THE PRESENCE
1. The glory transforms us into God’s image.
Second Corinthians 3:17-18 teaches: “Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
2. God’s presence is experienced in the deep places of the heart.
“Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me” (Psalm 42:7).This verse teaches us that the glory of God is like a wave. God communicates with our spirit; glory is in the depth.
3. God’s presence is the shadow of the Almighty.
“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide? under the shadow of the Almighty” (Psalm 91:1).
God’s presence comes when we seek Him in the depth of our spirit with all our heart.
“Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness” (Isaiah 26:8-9).
Psalm 91 lists the benefits of His glory.
All the soul can do is desire, which is where people stop in prayer. The soul desires; the spirit seeks. You cannot seek God with your soul. The Word of God will not invade the earth until God finds a people to carry His glory (see also John 17). How can the world know Him if you do not?
4. God’s presence produces silence.
You cannot seek God with noise. The spirit only knows silence. “Deep calleth unto deep.” The Holy Place (the presence of God) is quiet. Learn to get still before God and worship Him quietly. There you will discover a wonderful dimension of the anointing.
Silence does not mean a natural quietness. Quietness deals with flesh; silence deals deeper with the Spirit. “Be silent and know.” Asking requires the mind. Desiring requires the soul. Seeking requires the spirit.
5. God’s presence reveals that He is God.
“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth” (Psalm 46:10).
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