One of the most dreaded experiences in a relationship is the silent treatment from a partner. It creates a feeling of rejection and general listlessness. The silent treatment leaves a person stranded, uncertain of how to act without escalating an already tense situation. David encountered the Lord on several fronts. He knew the Lord as his Shepherd. That was the theme of the 23rd Psalm. In Psalm 27, he described the Lord as his light and salvation. In our current text, the Lord was his rock. Of particular interest to us today is David’s fear. He seemed scared of God giving him the silent treatment.

One of the most dreaded experiences in a relationship is the silent treatment from a partner. It creates a feeling of rejection and general listlessness.

He realized that God’s silent treatment would spell doom. David must have been inspired to write our text by what happened to Saul. God stopped talking to Saul, and the end was disastrous. He therefore prayed not to join the statistics. While we may all join David to pray for God not to be silent to us, we must be wary of those things that put Him off. God did not stop talking to Saul abruptly; His silence was born of Saul’s  disobedience. This brings to mind yesterday’s lesson. We learned that sin robs people of the confidence to approach God. We may well add here that sin equally robs people of access to the voice of God. Losing out on the voice of God is losing out on victory.