Shush! Worship

I recently loooked around on a blogg by Chris Tomlin. Some of the contributers (mostly worship leaders)were thinking about stopping the music and the singing and being silent so they can hear from God. They complained that at the end of their personal and co orporate worship that they had done alot of worship but not heard what God has said to them. Their conclusion.......stop worship. Listen in the silence. They were honest worshippers because they admitted that as soon as they 'become' silent a load of other noise fills their heads and they have to fight to put it aside to listen to God. I felt kind of sad. Don't get me wrong... there is space for silence. There are not alot of spaces that are silent!. If I want to be silent, I have to get up at 2am but the night is still not totally silent. We do not live in a silent world. The garden of Eden was not silent and imagine being there at Creation!! ............noise like we have never heard. Even when I retreat to my favourite space to relax ...Murloch Bay... I still can't find silence. There's the waves, there's the wind, there's the birds, there's the distant sound of cars, there's my wife singing, there's no silence! .....but I do hear God in His creation yes even the noise of the cars (but not in my wifes singing!!) My question is why do I have to have silence to hear God? God is not dumb. He speaks.......in the whisper some times but as we know the whisper can sound like a shout if there is no other noise to compete. My sadness for the worship leader who has to "stop worship" to hear from God is that, the type of worship they have been partaking in may have been hmmmmmm can I say less than worship? Hey I don't know, cos I was not there, but surley, surley, surley if worship is not about connecting with God in a two way conversation then what is it about.?!!
"Hey God just shut up a minute I want to sing and shout and bash my guitar and when have finished then You can tell me what You think." Yes I have done that, but I know I limited God in it all.
In a loud song or in a quiet song.
In a long song or a short song.
In a fancy lead break or a soft repetative one line meditation
In a Chris Tomlin song or a made up on the spot song..............we can hear from God if we are open.
We all know that we play around with the word 'worship' probably cos of traditional language but the common interpretation of worship is the Romans 8 vs 1 where our whole life is about worship. Surley our whole life is about hearing from God, being in His presence allowing Him to touch every one of our senses as He communicates His Love to us. It's about a constant dialogue where we listen and respond. what is God saying thru this blogg? What did He say at work/home/school/college etc ...................... and maybe I need to go and read the book on God not speaking for 400 years?!!!