1 Kings 19:11-13- The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.
When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. When a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
While the wind whips around you, and the rain drenches you from above, and the fire scorches from all directions and the earth quakes beneath you, God invites us to meet him in the silence. He’s that ever so small voice that whispers, I Am and I see you.
God is not in the chaos, but in the ever present peace and stillness of the moment.
And sometimes reveals himself in the ordinary to get our attention.
When Elijah was feeling alone, afraid, worthless and depressed, God got his attention by a simple, ordinary act and met him in the silence.
God passed by not as the wind, or an earthquake, or a fire, but as a gentle whisper.
The battle may be raging on, but God invites us into the silence by way of the ordinary.
Perhaps challenge yourself to look for God in the ordinary. (There’s a lot of ordinary going on these days!) And listen for what He has to say to you in the silence.