Let Down Your Wings

"And there came a voice from above the expanse over their heads. 

When they stood still, they let down their wings." (Ezekiel 1:25)

"People so often say, "How do you get the voice of the Lord?" Here is the secret. They heard the voice when they stood and let down their wings.... 

"Do we not sometimes kneel or sit before the Lord and yet feel conscious of a fluttering of our spirits? Not a real stillness in His presence. 

"A dear one told me several days ago of a certain thing she prayed about, "But," said she, "I did not wait until the answer came." 

"She did not get still enough to hear Him speak, but went away and followed her own thought in the matter. And the result proved disastrous and she had to retrace her steps.
Oh, how much energy is wasted! How much time is lost by not letting down the wings of our spirit and getting very quiet before Him! Oh, the calm, the rest, the peace which come as we wait in His presence until we hear from Him!"

from Streams in the Desert - Cowman