His Whispers

If I'm not careful, I'll miss it.

I've missed it before - God speaking to me.

Just like with Elijah, God doesn't speak to me in a terrible blast of flying rocks or in an earthquake or in a fire.  ""The Lord said, 'Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.'  Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was no in the wind.  After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.  After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was no in the fire.  And after the fire came a gentle whisper."  1 Kings 19:12

God often speaks to me in a whisper - a faint breeze of truth and light that flits through my mind.  I have to stop, concentrate and reach out to catch it.

If I'm not careful, it's gone.

If I'm not purposefully opening up my spiritual eyes and mind, the spark moves on.  And I'm left wandering, 'When God is going to answer my prayer?   When will I see him move?'

Do you ask yourself these questions?  Are you listening for his whispers?

When I am quiet,

when I am focused,

when I don't let distractions derail my time with God, I hear him loud and clear.

God's Word is alive - he will underline passages for me (you wouldn't see it but I do), he will change the font of a sentence to bold to get my attention or he will read the words to me out loud in my head to make sure it's his voice I hear, not my own or anyone else's.

There are situations where he simply opens up my eyes to how he has already answered my prayer.  He has taken care of the issue and moved on.  Keep up, Judy!

That's when I realize how much I miss when I'm not quiet,

when I'm not 'zoned in" enough to hear the whispers and feel his breeze of truth ruffling the pages of my Bible.