Knowing God - 1 Kings 19:12

(from pastor)

And after the earthquake a fire;

and after the fire a sound of gentle stillness"

1 Kings 19:12

We worshiped in the shadow of the mountains. They were still black and smoldering from the fire that had devasted the town. And I read this story from First Kings.

God's prophet Elijah was running from the evil queen Jezebel. He couldn't understand how he could do God's will and still be tormented. Repeated in this story -- though not in this one short verse -- is the phrase, "but God was not in the _______." For example, God was not "in" the earthquake, God was not "behind" the fire that destroyed our town, and God was not "in" the persecution that threatened to undo Elijah.

God was, however, "beside" Elijah during times of trial, and "with" us through the haze of fire and smoke, and "drawing near" to those during the recent earthquake in Haiti.

Beside ... with ... and drawing near ... We often find God's presence, when silence the terror of the moment and look for God in the stillness.

In Christ's Love,

a guy who's learned that God is

definitely not in the busyness

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Oh how I long for the sound of gentle stillness.  I am caught up in the busyness of life. The if onlys and what ifs.  Those can keep our minds so scattered that we can't truly listen for God, much less hear him when he does speak.  I am trying to learn and change. Seek and listen. and grow.