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DAY 6 – Tuesday, July 15, 2025
TITLE: Mocked into Silence – So God Could Speak
SCRIPTURE TEXT:
“It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.” – Psalm 119:71 (NIV)
BY: Effiong Etok
Carrier of God’s Word
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
When God wants to raise a voice that carries weight, He first silences the voice that carries pride.
MAIN MESSAGE:
There is a kind of pain that doesn’t wound the body-but paralyzes the soul.
A kind of mockery that doesn’t slap your face-but bleeds your dignity.
A shame so precise… only Heaven could have arranged it.
Yes, you were lucky.
Yes, you were attractive.
Yes, you were sharp-witted.
Yes, you came from influence.
Yes, you even carried the anointing.
But sometimes, pride smiles through intelligence.
Sometimes, it hides behind charisma.
Sometimes, it masquerades as grace.
So God said, “Let Me silence you… so I can shape you.”
You may never understand this message until the day men rise to speak against you-and God says nothing.
Until you’re falsely accused, and Heaven goes quiet-not because you’re guilty, but because God is doing something deeper than your vindication.
Because there are seasons when God uses betrayal to reveal hidden pride.
When mockery becomes your mirror-and silence becomes His scalpel.
So God says, “If I don’t shut him up, I can’t raise him up.”
Let me show you what this silence looks like:
Job 40:4 -“Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer Thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.”
-Job, once full of arguments, became silent before God’s glory. Suffering humbled him into surrender.
Luke 22:42 -“Father, if Thou be willing, remove this cup… nevertheless not My will, but Thine…”
-Jesus, in deep anguish, didn’t argue-He surrendered. Gethsemane’s silence was obedience under pressure.
2 Samuel 16:10–11 – “Let him curse… the Lord hath bidden him.”
-David, mocked and exiled, didn’t fight back. He discerned God in the insult and let silence be his reply.
Child of God, you won’t truly understand this until you’ve stood silent while they lied…
Until the very people you helped laughed at your downfall.
Until you begged Heaven for a reply-and God kept still.
Why?
Because God sometimes uses man’s cruelty to crush what even fasting couldn’t touch.
He will allow the betrayal you prayed against.
He won’t just permit mockery-He will schedule it.
Because until you’re mocked, you won’t know how deeply you needed mercy.
Until shame shuts your mouth, you won’t realize God was waiting for silence.
You who once defended yourself like a lawyer-now your tears speak louder than words.
Your silence… may be the price for your next level.
TAKEAWAY STATEMENT:
The silence God demands is not weakness-it is surrender. He shuts your mouth, so your life can finally speak.
PRAYER POINTS:
1. O Lord, use mockery to crush the pride I can’t see. Let my shame become the soil where Your glory grows. In Jesus’ Mighty Name, Amen.
2. Father, silence every urge to defend myself. Let false accusations become the reason I walk into divine encounters. In Jesus’ Mighty Name, Amen.
3. Lord Jesus, like David who was mocked but later crowned, turn my pain into prophecy and my silence into power. In Jesus’ Mighty Name, Amen.
