IN THE WHISPER

At the beginning of this year I felt the tug in my heart to get rid of social media for one month. Like millions of other people across the world I was looking at the year ahead and wanting to put some healthy habits in place. What I thought would be setting the habit of not being on my phone as much turned out to be so much more.

In this last month I have been amazed at how much more I have heard God speak to me and how I have felt His presence closer than ever before.

In our already busy lives, when we get a spare minute what do we choose to do…. We bury our face in our phone, watching other people live their lives whilst ours passes by.

During this month I have learnt that God is in the whisper and if we are not careful we can drown out His voice by occupying ourselves with the various other things in life that fight for our time and attention. By not being present we feel less of His presence.

11 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 not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 1 KINGS 19:3 -13 NIV

I love this moment between God and Elijah. So often we think God’s voice is loud but I have often found that God speaks to us in a whisper. I recently read that the reason God speaks to us in a whisper is because it’s intimate, He wants us to draw close to Him so that we can hear what He wants to say to us. God longs to have this kind of relationship with us, He wants to speak to us.

Maybe like me He has been trying to speak to you all this time but you are too busy to hear His whisper calling you closer to Him.

What’s one thing you could do today to stop and be present so that you can hear what God is trying to whisper to you?

With thanks to Katie Sutton 💕