Thursday 2 February 2006

A still small voice

“And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.” - 1 Kings 19v12

Elijah still was not convinced. Even when God asked him what he was doing in the wilderness all he could do was complain. In the mouth of a cave God showed His mighty power in a fierce windstorm, in an earthquake, and is a fire. Yet, God did not appear in any of these. Each of them was only an announcement of God’s coming.

When God did appear it was in a still small voice. God did not speak with fireworks or noise. He spoke in a way that required Elijah to listen.

We often allow the noise of the world to drown out God’s still small voice. God does not often scream out for our attention, He waits on us to wait on Him.

Are we listening for God’s still small voice? If He speaks today are we going to be able to hear Him amongst the noise and clamour of this world? Are we really ready to hear His still small voice?

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