I understand that it has been ages since I last did a new blog, and I am sorry. This one wont be very good, it's just something to help me get back into the habit of writing blogs, a habit I have evidently fallen out of!
I was unsure of what to title this one but went with radio waves, which is the analogy in my head as I read 1 Kings 19:9-17.
This is the story of Elijah in the cave and he is despairing for his life, because Israel has turned its back on God and he feels he is the only one left. God says He will pass by Elijah,
"And he said, "Go out and stand on the mount before the LORD." And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks 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 the sound of a low whisper. And when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"" 1 Kings 19:11-13.
This got me to thinking about the gift of prophecy (by which I mean hearing the Lord's voice, not telling the future) and if God is pretty much always speaking to us.
You might be thinking 'he just read God wasn't in the wind, earthquake, fire and asks the question is God always speaking?'
Well I think that perhaps He is. That He is speaking and it is us to tune in. We have a radio in our spirits and Elijah couldn't hear God in those things because the radio of his spirit was not tuned to do so. So God's voice is like a radio wave, we need to tune into it to hear it. How? By being still and knowing He is God. Some theologian, I think it was Helmut Thielicke, said that when we are being still (still being the route of the English word vacate in this instance) we are vacating our 'position' as God and allowing God to be God. That's tuning in. Remember, "Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!" (Psalm 46:10)
PS, I also love that God answers Elijah's despair by reminding him there are 7,000 others like him (v17). If you feel alone as you read this remember you are not. God has men and women in your town, county, country, too.
