A Gentle Whisper

A Gentle Whisper

Bible: 1 Kings 19:9-13

Reading

And after the fire came a gentle whisper (V.12).

Several years ago, one head teacher invited everyone in the school to “power down” for a couple of hours after school. The kids weren’t that impressed about having to give up phone, movie and screen time. But for those hours after school, the pupils and teachers all sat together in the hall,
singing praise songs and saying prayers. Later, one of the students said it was, “a wonderful opportunity to calm down . . . a place to just tune out all of the extra noise.” Sometimes, it’s difficult to escape “extra noise”. All the stuff going on around us can be very distracting. But when we are willing to “power down”, we begin to understand what it means to be still so that we can know God (PSALM 46:10). In 1 Kings 19, we discover as well that when Elijah looked for God, he did not find Him in the rushing wind or the earthquake or the fire (1 KINGS 19:9-13). Instead, Elijah heard God’s gentle whisper (V.12). Extra noise is always going on at school and home. Family, friends and
classmates are all doing stuff, sending us messages, inviting us out and making ‘noise’. It’s really important to be able to step back and find a time each day when it can be just us and God: no one else, no screens and no noise. Like Elijah, we are more likely to meet God in the stillness.

IT’S IN THE STILLNESS THAT WE’RE MOST

LIKELY TO HEAR GOD’S GENTLE WHISPER.

                                      Youth Edition – Our Daily Bread Ministries