A Still, Small Voice

“…but the Lord was not in the earthquake.” 1 Kings 19:11

Many of us expect that when God speaks, He will do it in a booming voice, a terrifying reverberating Ten Commandments sure-to-be heard powerful utterance. But usually when God speaks, we can easily miss it if we are not quietly listening, and waiting for Him. 

It is so easy not to hear Him. It is so easy to dismiss His overtures to us. I believe that all God does is draw us closer, a wooing, a loving. But because there is so much in the world clamoring for our attention, we miss it. We miss the flowers growing, the birds, the food on our table.... It really takes a decision on our part to LISTEN, to OBSERVE, to be filled with gratitude, to answer God's offerings of love with a song of praise!

Sometimes we look for miracles, demonstrations of great power, healings, to grow our faith. But our faith will grow if we get to know the God of the Bible, if we read His Word and listen for His still, small voice.