Learning Speech and Silence

Thursday. Luke 20: 39-47.

Jesus’ enemies couldn’t answer his words nor withstand his power. With speech, masterly in its simplicity and keenness and rare insight into their motives, and with power, silent, intangible, but utterly resistless, he held off their hands of hate reaching for Jerusalem stones as at the Nazareth precipice, until his chosen hour had come for yielding. And if he may have habitual sway in us, he will leach our lips both speech and silence, and shield our persons.