"11 “Go out and stand before me on the mountain,” the Lord told him. And as Elijah stood there, the Lord passed by, and a mighty windstorm hit the mountain. It was such a terrible blast that the rocks were torn loose, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 And after the earthquake there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire there was the sound of a gentle whisper.
13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And a voice said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
The all mighty, all powerful God came to Elijah in a gentle whisper! The God who created Earth, and just a few verses before these, brought down fire from Heaven to burn up a drenching wet sacrifice; chose to show Himself to Elijah in the most gentle of ways. He wasn't in the wind, He wasn't in the Earthquake and He wasn't in the fire, no MY God; He comes through a whisper.
It's no wonder I have a hard time hearing Him sometimes. I keep looking for Him in the "powerful" things like fire, wind and Earthquakes; and forget to sit still and listen for the whisper. I almost want to end my blog right there today, because it's hard to make that point any more clear then it already is. But I feel like I need to say more, to try and get my own head to wrap around this whisper, and how to be quite enough to hear it! I've come back to finish my blog and it is several days later; as I'm reading over it I can tell that is all I need to say. I need to keep looking for God in the gentle things, and realize that His ways are not my own! Thanks God for the awesome reminder!
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