This morning in a moment of frustration, the Lord said, “Go silent – go deep.” Immediately, I knew what He meant. His word brought to mind a submarine going deep and silent to remain undetected by the enemy. In military parlance the phrase is “Run silent – run deep.”
There are things the Lord wants to reveal to us that are only available in the quiet depths of His presence. Those words from the Lord will not be discovered on the surface where the noise and turmoil of human opinion is being tossed about and proclaimed as reality.
This is a time to go deeper into the presence of God. We need to hear His word and have the discipline to remain there in silent meditation until He gives the “all clear” signal to surface and engage the enemy with the truth.
Another military way of expressing this is “go to ground”: radio silence, physical silence. In the context of your message I read, “prostrate, on my knees, in silent prayer to the Lord”.