| Hearing God's voice is the desire of many - but few | | | | message in one of those natural events - he might |
| seem to feel that it's their personal experience. | | | | have left his cave intent on a mission of some sort - |
| Why is God's voice so difficult to hear? Or is it? | | | | and missed the voice of God altogether. |
| There are some verses in 1 Kings 19 - I encourage you | | | | Perhaps there's a little lesson for us here as we seek |
| to read the entire chapter to get a feel for the context | | | | to hear God's voice. |
| - but I'll paste in a portion that helps us understand a | | | | Often we want to think that God gives us signs - and |
| little about God's voice. | | | | perhaps he does. Maybe we rush about doing one |
| IKings 19:11-12 11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon | | | | thing and another - feeling fairly certain that God is |
| the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD | | | | behind it - yet how often do we suffer from a sense |
| passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the | | | | that something isn't quite right? |
| mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the | | | | Perhaps we didn't wait to hear the voice of God. |
| LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after | | | | Hearing God's voice may not be possible while we're |
| the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the | | | | doing everything we think we need to be doing. I'm not |
| earthquake: 12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the | | | | dogmatic about this - I'm just throwing out the |
| LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small | | | | possibility. |
| voice. (KJV) | | | | You know, there's a verse that says simply "Be still |
| These verses are the experience of Elijah - a prophet | | | | and know that I am God." There seems to be a thread |
| of the Lord. | | | | running throughout the Bible and other spiritual books |
| After the tremendous display of natural force God | | | | as well that indicates that stillness and quietness are |
| spoke very quietly to Elijah. The verses indicate that | | | | essential for hearing God's voice. |
| perhaps Elijah was looking for a message from God in | | | | Consider the example of Jesus - he often went out |
| the wind, the earthquake, and the fire - but the | | | | alone into the mountains to pray - it makes sense that |
| message came as a still small voice to Elijah. | | | | he was finding a place of quietness so he could hear |
| Suppose that Elijah had assumed that there was a | | | | that still small voice. |