This is one of my favourite passages in the bible.
1 Kings 9:9-14 -
The Lord Appears to Elijah
And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord
God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, broken down
your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the
only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”
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.
Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord
God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, broken down
your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the
only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”
In this passage, Elijah is at his wits' end because of the persecution in Israel. God comes to him, but not in power or violence, rather, in a gentle whisper. I think that helps us stop and think, reflect, and really pay attention to what God has to say. It's easy to get caught up in a windstorm, and afterwards to forget about God when it gets quiet. But when we start out quiet, and hear God then, maybe then it's easier to hear him in the noise?
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