"I'm being followed by a moon shadow"

Psalm 74:16, "The day is Yours, and Your also the night; You established the sun and the moon."

Asaph and the Israelites are being attacked and their temple has been desecrated.  He cries out for God to "Remember the people You purchased of old, the tribe of Your inheritance, whom You redeemed-" (v.2)  In a period of chastisement for their unfaithfulness, they were overtaken by their enemies.  In the past, God has heard their cries yet now He was being silent. 

In the silence Asaph remembers who God was and reviews what He had done..."But You, O God, are my King from of old; You bring salvation upon the earth..." (v.12) and asks God to step in and "defend Your cause."

Silence is so powerful.  What we choose to do with it can make it even more so.  We can sink in to dark places, or we can choose to remember the great things God has done.  And in the times when it is hard to remember because the pain is deep, to know the day and night belong to Him can be a comfort.  He established them to be a blessing to us and for us to know He is always there in them...sunrises and sunsets being the beautiful transitions between them are just His way of showing off.  

It's hard in the silence when you are waiting for an answer to prayer. It has been years waiting for my prodigal son to return to God, but in the silence I remember His greatness and know that He is good.  In the tough times, I can just walk outside and look up.