Friday, May 15, 2026
Hey there, Friend —
It’s the Smart Edit … elevate in Christ, impact your world.
In this issue … why your brain needs silence, the Hebrew secret of selah, and how the Spirit of wisdom in Christ sharpens everything.
Brian
P.S. — Noise vs. quietness.
Each week we feature a Kingdom of Jesus Dynamic …
Your Brain Has a God Mode — it’s Called ‘Selah’
Science catches up with what the mystics always knew.
Researchers call it the Default Mode Network — the brain's inward-facing state that activates during stillness, reflection, and quiet. It's what lights up when you're not consuming, scrolling, or reacting.
Arthur Brooks, Harvard professor and author, warns that our device-saturated culture has nearly shut it off entirely. The cost? A generation unmoored from meaning, purpose, and deep inner knowing.
Arthur Brooks is a devout Catholic and big on family and living a real life.
But followers of Christ have a name for this space.
It's called selah. It’s a Hebrew musical term woven through the Psalms, likely meaning "pause and weigh this." Stop. Give space for God. Don't rush past it.
Paul prayed that you would live here …
"I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened..." (Ephesians 1:17-18, NIV).
That knowing is relational and experiential. Not just intellectual. As the Spirit of wisdom and revelation deepens your intimacy with Christ, the eyes of your understanding open wider.
You begin to see clearly. You think accurately. You move in alignment with the Kingdom of the Heavens. Acuity. Acumen. Accuracy. Alignment.
That enlightenment doesn't arrive through surround sound noise. It arrives in the quiet.
“In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength.” (Isaiah 30:15, NKJV)
Turn down the volume.
Sit with Jesus.
Let your mind go inward and upward
We mitigate the stress.
Our life sharpens in the silence.
Brian — The average American checks their phone 144 times a day. Your default mode network never gets a chance. Start small. Our times are stressful and full of noise. As developing Christ-followers, we’re summoned to live differently. We’re on different frequencies.
Jesus, teach me to move in the cadence you have for me. Holy Spirit, cultivate in me the Cadence of Christ.
🎧 On the pod
The Ears Have It | Jesus Smart 180, Ep. 372. The Kingdom of God runs on a sonic frequency. Creation was spoken into existence. Miracles are released through the hearing of faith. Jesus repeated “he who has ears, let him hear.” The Ear Gate is not incidental to Kingdom life. It is central to it.
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Best,
Brian Del Turco
P.S. — Noise is a strategy of the enemy. Quietness is a strategy of the Kingdom.