A Gentle Whisper
Have you ever noticed that sometimes we hear a gentle whisper even better than we hear loud shouting? I know we hear the loud noise of the shouting, but we don't really receive the message that is being spoken. When someone is close enough to speak to us in a gentle whisper, we listen closely and take in just what they are saying. Often, that is how God speaks to us. He doesn't have to shout. He just comes with a "still small voice" to get our full attention. Elijah found this out when he was running from the evil queen, Jezebel. He was in a cave hiding when God came to him. (I Kings 19:12,13) There was an earthquake that shook everything, but God didn't speak through that or the fire that came after it. He spoke in a gentle whisper, and Elijah covered his face and went to the entrance of the cave. There he heard the Lord clearly say, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" We all need to hear clearly what the Lord is saying to us, too. What are you doing to...