Quiet! Hear the Whisper

1st Kings 19: 12! And after the fire the sound of a low whisper...

Here we see our hero Elijah who was just used by God to show the prophets of Baal who is God. Then the Lord sends rain in the land of Israel after a 3 year drought. But, Elijah runs from Queen Jezebel because she threatened to kill him. God first comforted Elijah by sending him food underneath a broom tree and told him to go to Herob, the Mt. of God. At this cave that he came to live in God told him to go to the mouth of the cave because he would speak to him. First it was the great strong wind that came by, then it was a mighty earthquake, and then fire but God was not in either of those to talk to Elijah, it was the still small whisper that he wanted to speak to Elijah.

How comforting is it to know that our heavenly father has compassion on us when we run in fear. He could have grabbed Elijah's attention and said, "You fool, I am with you, did you not just see fire come down from heaven?" "Did you not just pray and it rained?" "Why are you afraid?" Instead we see him taking care of his prophet with food and then he spoke to him with a still small voice.

Lord, I am afraid and you want me to be used by you to this world which even Jesus said we are sheep among wolves. You comfort me in my running away, but sometimes I do not hear that still small voice because I expect the wind or the earthquake or fire to get my attention. I drown out everything around me with noise and not think God has that still small voice to grab my attention. Sometimes we need the mighty stuff to grab our attention, and sometimes we just need the whisper of God to comfort us and remind us that we have salvation in Christ our Savior and King. We are going to make it even when we do not think it is possible.

PJ