He Stood In The POWER Of STILLNESS

Mar 15:3  And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.  

There is no scene in all the Bible more majestic than our Savior remaining silent before the men who were reviling Him.
 
With one quick burst of divine power, or one fiery word of rebuke, He could have caused His accusers to be laid prostrate at His feet.

Yet He answered not one word, allowing them to say and do their very worst. 

He stood in THE POWER OF STILLNESS***God’s holy silent Lamb. 

There is a place of stillness that allows God the opportunity
to work for us and gives us peace.

It is a stillness that ceases our scheming, self-vindication, and the search for a temporary means to an end through our own wisdom and judgment. 

Instead, it lets God provide an answer, through His unfailing and faithful love, to the cruel blow we have suffered.
 
Oh, how often we thwart God’s intervention on our behalf by taking up our own cause or by striking a blow in our own defense!

May God grant each of us this silent power and submissive
spirit. 

Then once our earthly battles and strife are over, others will remember us as we now remember the morning dew, the soft light of sunrise, a peaceful evening breeze, the Lamb of Calvary, and the gentle and holy heavenly Dove.
 
~A. B. Simpson~
 
The day when Jesus stood alone And felt the hearts of men like stone, And knew He came but to atone***That day “He held His peace.”
 
They witnessed falsely to His word, They bound Him with a cruel cord, And mockingly proclaimed Him Lord; “But Jesus held His peace.”
 
They spat upon Him in the face, They dragged Him on from place to place, They heaped upon Him all disgrace; “But Jesus held His peace.”
 
My friend, have you for far much less, With rage, which you called righteousness, Resented slights with great distress? Your Savior “held His peace.” 

~L. S. P.~