Sunday, October 29, 2017

 
 

 

Devotional for Monday, October 30, 2017
 
“The Sound of Gentle Stillness”
 
Be still and KNOW that He is God Jan 2014
 
 

by Dona Hake

 

 1 Kings 19:11-12  (AMP)
 
” And He said, Go out and stand on the mount before
the Lord. And behold, the Lord passed by, and a
great and strong wind rent the mountains and
broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord,
but the Lord was not in the wind;
and afterthe wind an earthquake,
but the Lord was not in the earthquake;
And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord
was not in the fire; and after the fire
[a sound of gentle stillness and] a still, small voice.”
 
 

 

Elijah knew that the sound of a gentle whisper was God’s voice.  He understood that God did not just reveal Himself in the big and the powerful, but in the sound of stillness.   The Lord is often found in the gentle whisper in the quietness of a meek spirit.   It is there that He is able to whisper  the secrets of His perfect will and purposes for our life.

 

Today let us purpose in knowing that our hearts are quieted before Him.  I believe even in the midst of the demands of our lives that we can maintain our hearts and keep them at peace that we can hear His voice no matter what is going on around us.  Today let us listen for that sound of gentle stillness…a still, small voice of the Living God.

 

“Let us be silent that we may hear the whisper  of God.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson