Why Your Faith Feels…Quiet (and How to Bring It Back!)

Guys, silence doesn't break itself. It's gotta be interrupted. It doesn't break itself. It's not gonna end by itself. We have to interrupt it, but that's what worship does. That's what worship does. That's what these Psalms are all about. That's what they do. That's what that's what discovering our own song does in us. It interrupts the silence and awakens us to God's power that is coursing through us. Like, did you know that about yourself that God's power rests inside of you when you know Jesus? [00:27:50] (32 seconds)  #InterruptTheSilence

You see, if silence is the problem, I believe that community is part of the solution. Right? I I believe that, like, deep down in my bones. It's actually one of our core values here at One Church because we seriously weren't meant to do this alone. Like, man, when we get into those moments where we just feel silent and kinda static, right, we we can't get out of it our own. Right? Oftentimes, we're just not strong enough or maybe we're not even aware enough. Yeah? [00:29:07] (27 seconds)  #CommunityBreaksSilence

But understand, the root of the problem here is not the census itself. A census is just counting. It's not the census. It's the posture of David's heart. It's what's driving him to do it. It's his individual drive for success. Right? At any expense. Right? Even the reliance on God himself and what it does, the result of it is that it actually silenced his faith. He stopped relying on God and started to do it in his own way. [00:20:47] (32 seconds)  #HeartPostureOverCounting

But it's so easy for us and and to allow for our drive for these things to replace our very first responsibility, our very commissioning to love God above all else. And here's the thing. Apathy, right, that silencing, that doesn't happen all at once. It is a slow and quiet burn that slowly replaces our passion and zeal for Jesus with routine and complacency. And so we show up, but we don't move. We're stagnant water. Yeah? [00:22:28] (36 seconds)  #ApathyCreepsSlowly

Guys, that is making a difference, not just in the kid's life, in your life and in my life. When we give of ourselves and our time, we are making a difference, changing our perspective, and expanding our faith. That's where you start learning how to sing out loud. Guys, James tells us that a faith without works is dead, that it's silent. That means that it's stale. It's it lives in isolation. Right? That's what James is talking about. [00:38:59] (30 seconds)  #FaithInAction

But this is what drives our silence too, isn't it? Like, you and I, what we do is we press on so hard day in and day out to have the best possible careers we could have, to have the best possible school, you know, career that we could have, to have have the best relationships that we can have. And we press so hard. We strive so hard that we actually don't leave room for Jesus. We're like, I know I've trusted you in the past, but for this thing, I've gotta push forward in my own strength. Right? [00:21:19] (31 seconds)  #MakeRoomForJesus

But I want you to hear this today. Jesus tells us, just like he told the Laodiceans, he doesn't want lukewarm Christians. Right? He doesn't want lukewarm Christians. But praise god almighty, he doesn't abandon us when we are. He doesn't want us to be lukewarm. He wants us to be that fresh spring flowing out of the ground. But praise God almighty, he doesn't leave us or abandon us when we become that thing. [00:23:04] (26 seconds)  #NotLukewarm

It's just simply gone quiet. Like, what do you do? How can we get back to that place where God reigns so fully and completely in our lives that we can sing of his love in all ways and at all times? In other words, how can we, you and I, get back to a place where even when we don't feel like singing, we can turn our silence into a song? Like, when we aren't even feeling it in the moment that that we can actually still sing. Right? [00:15:29] (33 seconds)  #TurnSilenceIntoSong