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.-1 Kings 19:11-12
God was in the gentle whisper. He speaks to us in many ways. Whenever I read this verse it reminds me of the scene in The Nativity Story. When one of the ladies in the village where Mary lives tells the kids in her village this story.
She’s teaching them the different ways God speaks.
God speaks to us through our surroundings, through nature, through visions and dreams, through others and he speaks directly to us. (more about how God speaks to us)
Often people think that God doesn’t speak to them because they didn’t hear a loud, booming audible voice. But don’t you think we would all be a little freaked out if that was the only way he spoke to us.
God desires a deep intimate relationship with each one of us and to do that he whispers to us. But we have to listen. Seek God through his word, ask him questions and expect answers. Often times he speaks just as a still small voice in our head. That may even sound like us. But his words are different than what we would tell ourselves. He wants to talk to us every day about everything. We need only ask and listen.
