After The Fire There Was The Sound Of A Gentle Whisper When Elijah Heard It, He wrapped His Face In His Cloak And Went Out

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After The Fire There Was The Sound Of A Gentle Whisper
When Elijah Heard It, He wrapped His Face In His Cloak
And Went Out

When we are too busy, when we don’t slow down, when we don’t take time for God then we aren’t able to hear His still small voice.

Scripture

1 Kings 19

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.

Observation

God may get our attention with some tumultuous event like mighty windstorms, earthquakes, or even a fire, but He speaks to us in a still small voice.

He speaks to us in a gentle whisper.

When we are too busy, when we don’t slow down, when we don’t take time for God then we aren’t able to hear His still small voice.

Elijah had a good case of the “Oh Me’s”.

He told the Lord that he had worked hard for the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, but the people had not done their part. In fact, he said that they had killed all the prophets and he was the only one left.

God then proceeded to set Elijah straight and informed Elijah that He still had 7,000 men who had not bowed down to Baal.

Here is the take away for me from this story.

God is always at work in our lives and He is constantly at work all around us. We are not alone. God is in control. God wants us to take time for Him so that we can hear His voice.

Application

I will listen for His still small voice. How about you?

Prayer

Heavenly Father, I know that You do speak to me when I take time to listen. Don’t let me get too busy or too distracted to hear Your voice. I want to spend time with You everyday. Don’t let me go a day without spending time in Your Word.

Here is my prayer for you:

 And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness. Colossians 2:6-7

Daily Bible Reading: 1 Kings 17,18,19; Colossians 2;  Psalm 78-82

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