Still Small Voice

He said, ‘Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.’ Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the 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 sheer silence. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then there came a voice to him that said, ‘What are you doing here, Elijah?’

The calm after the storm of God's bombastic display before Elijah was “a sound of sheer silence.” But God was not speaking in the storm, the earthquake or the fire. It was not God whispering to Elijah but a silence that got Elijah’s attention and caused him to come out of the cave. Only at that point did God speak to him again. What does it take for God to get your attention? Are you listening?

Press play and listen. Be sure to wait for God to speak, not just to Elijah but to you.