The Whispering God

"And after the earthquake there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire there was a sound of a gentle whisper" 1 Kings 19:12


In a world where noise is so prevalent and seems to be the main "mode" of communication, I am pleased to know our God whispers. Isn't that neat? The God that created the roaring of the oceans, the clashing of thunder in the skies, and animals whose noises will send us running for our lives (like lions)..chose to whisper to the Prophet Elijah when he hid.



God could've yelled at Elijah..whoa..imagine God yelling? I can't imagine that only because of His great power. What would a yell sound like??!!! After all, we all know the infamous story. Elijah called down fire from Heaven, and it came. Then due to a threat from Jezebel, Elijah ran for his life. And God found him. In tenderness. In love. In peace. In restoration. Ahhhh the love of God..far too great for my words to elicit.

Growing up, there was rarely a whisper in my house. Everything was said authoritatively or yelled. When I say everything, I don't mean that there were not good times. There were plenty of those. But when we did wrong, or upset someone, yelling was the main reaction.

Not too long ago I had a very disturbing dream in which my mother was screaming at me for not doing something right. It woke me right up and reminded me of the unsettled feeling I would get. Her reactions to my mistakes certainly did not make me want to draw near to her. I wanted to run!

I had to retrain my Christian mind when I got saved. I carried this "hit you over the head when you do wrong" mentality right into my walk with God. I tried to do everything right, only to do wrong. Finally, after years of exhausting myself, I just didn't care anymore. The "work" of being right was too heavy for me. I could not read, pray, fast, worship enough in my way of doing things.

Once I gave up the performance, I saw His love wash over me like never before in my life. God revealed His character to me so deep and that character is LOVE. Don't get me wrong, love also disciplines. And I have had my share of that from the Lord...but I understand that it was due to His love not anger that he did that.

I encourage all of us today to allow the Lord to whisper his love to us, even now. Take a moment. Seek Him. Let the gentle, tender, kind, compassionate love of the Lord find you. Even in the midst of the chaos of life. I pray the peace that surpasses all understanding would fall on us today. Let the singing God, mentioned in Zephaniah, quiet all of our souls. Then take that whisper of love..and pass it on.



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