Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube of images and lyrics from a lovely, buy anonymous soloist singing … Still Small Voice … poignantly singing how we need to listen for God’s quiet voice coming to us often in unexpected ways.
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Highlight Verse[s]: 1 Kings 19:11-12 [NKJV] … 11 Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the 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; 12 and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.
… God shows Elijah [and us] that He can be present or speak to us in very unexpected ways.
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Highlight Passage [context]: 1Kings 18:38-39, 19:1-12 [NKJV]… USE THIS LINK …
… God can - and often might - speak to us or show up in very unexpected ways.
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Reference Passage : … Deuteronomy 4:29-31 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
... God’s promise to His people who retain their belief and trust in Him, … that he will ALWAYS be present for those who seek His voice.
Reference Passage : … Psalm 116:1-2 [NKJV] … 1 I love the Lord, because He has heard my voice and my supplications. 2 Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.
… God even bends down to heart the voice of a humble/trusting believer; but we must be patient and seek His voice as well.
Reference Passage : … John 6:63 [NKJV] … 63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.
… At least we Christians now have the words of Jesus in HIs word; and we should seek His word to hear His truth.
Reference Passage : … John 14:9 [NKJV] … 8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
… Jesus shows Phillip (and us) how to know God, the Father … by seeking and knowing Him.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Mart DeHaan, cited a remarkable story of an unexpected result in a terrible situation. The author wrote … In 1986, five-year-old Levan Merritt fell twenty feet into the gorilla enclosure of England’s Jersey zoo. As parents and onlookers cried out for help, a full-grown male silverback, named Jambo, placed himself between the motionless boy and several other gorillas [see photo]. Then he began to gently stroke the child’s back. When Levan began to cry, Jambo led the other gorillas into their own enclosure as zoo-keepers and an ambulance driver came to the rescue. More than thirty years later Levan still talks about Jambo the gentle giant—his guardian angel who had acted in a shockingly unexpected way, changing his perception of gorillas forever.
Sometimes God intervenes in very unexpected ways, doesn’t he, as in the story above? And that was what happened for Elijah when he was escaping Jezebel and he sought God’s presence and protection (see highlight passages). The Prophet had seen God bring fire down from heaven; but in his perilous escape from the King and Queen, Elijah lost sight of God, Who came to him in a very unexpected way.
Today, perhaps someone reading here, besides myself, is needing a “still small voice” to give you a word of encouragement or direction or even conviction. And if so, I would encourage you to use the link above to hear (and see) a prayer which might fit your needs right now.
I come here to this quiet place every morning; and I often listen for God to give me just a quiet whisper of Himself to lift me up. And as He did with this linked song and His word today, He has quietly spoken just enough of Himself from His word to move me onward to seek Him more. So, listen for His voice from His word, my friends. … It will ALWAYS be there for those who love the Lord and seek Him thru His word.
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for Your often unexpected whisper of truth from Your word.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … I pray, Lord, that all who read here seek Your still small voice which so often comes from Your word. … Amen
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