"Gentle Whisper"
(Unknown Author)
The young man had lost his job and didn't know which way to turn. So he went to see
the old preacher. Pacing about the preacher's study, the young man ranted about his
problem. Finally he clenched his fist and shouted, "I've begged God to say something
to help me. Tell me, Preacher, why doesn't God answer?"
The old preacher, who sat across the room, spoke something in reply -- something so
hushed it was indistinguishable. The young man stepped across the room. "What
did you say?" he asked.
The preacher repeated himself, but again in a tone as soft as a whisper. So the young
man moved closer until he was leaning on the preacher's chair.
"Sorry," he said. "I still didn't hear you."
With their heads bent together, the old preacher spoke once more. "God sometimes
whispers," he said, "so we will move closer to hear Him."
This time the young man heard and he understood.
We all want God's voice to thunder through the air with the answer to our problem. But
God's is the still, small voice . . . the gentle whisper. Perhaps there's a reason.
Nothing draws human focus quite like a whisper. God's whisper means I must stop my ranting
and move close to Him, until my head is bent together with His. And then, as I listen, I
will find my answer. Better still, I find myself closer to God.
(1 Kings 19:11-12 NIV) "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. After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And
after the fire came a gentle whisper."
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