As I was meditating on the Lord and asking him about the prophetic ministry I felt the Lord dropped this sentence in my heart:

"The silence of a prophet of the Lord speaks much louder than the prophecies of one thousand prophets of the established order."

or the prophecies of ten thousands of common prophets

or the prophecies of ten thousands of official prophets

or the prophecies of ten thousands of prophets of any religious establishment

I have been meditating on that word of the Lord to me ever since. Several Scripture portions have come to my mind illustrating the truth of the word to me. Certainly there is a time to speak,  and there is a time to be silent. The right word spoken at the right time is as beautiful as gold apples in a silver bowl (Proverbs 24:11).

I have been meditating on the silence of a prophet ever since the Lord dropped the sentence in my heart. I wonder if my friends have some insight to share on this subject. Why is a prophet silent? What makes him silent? Is it right for a prophet to be silent and not prophecy when seemingly there is a hunger for prophetic utterances? Why is it that at times the word of the Lord is rare, and there are very few visions?