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In I Kings 19, the prophet Elijah went out to meet the Lord. God did not speak to Elijah in an earthquake or the wind or a fire; He spoke in a still, small voice. I wonder if we who believe in God are listening for that voice. We may pray, but do our prayers sound like “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening,” or “Listen, Lord, for your servant is speaking?” We have quite enough noise in our lives from the alarm clock going off in the morning to the newscaster on the television before we go to bed. As we look back on our day, we may not remember hearing God’s voice at any time. But then, have we prepared ourselves to hear Him? Have we found a quiet place where we can unclutter our minds and sit in the presence of the Lord? There, we might hear Him speak. At some point, we all have probably needed to listen to someone whose voice, because of laryngitis or some other reason, must speak in a whisper. Think about what we do at those times. We get closer to the person. We may turn our good ear toward them. We may switch off the radio or television or move to a quiet place. We listen attentively, careful to catch every word. God speaks in audible words, but He also speaks in nudges, and in feelings, and in little ideas He drops into our minds, but we can trust all the ways that He speaks to us. We need not fear what He has to say because He loves us unconditionally. I John 4:18 tells us that “perfect love casts out all fear.”
