God's not in the wind!

1 Kings c20v11
"The Lord passed by, and a mighty windstorm hit the mountain. It was such a terrible blast that the rocks were torn loose, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord as not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire there was a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave."

Where do we go to find God? God was not in the windstorm, nor the earthquake, nor the fire, even though, these were powerful forces. Notice how people associate God with POWER, like the Moon with a Goddess because of its powerful effects on nature, namely the sea and its tides, and Lightning with Zeus, and Earth with an Earth God... Even fire too...

But God is not in the midst of these forces. No doubt God created these forces, such as the windstorm, the earthquake and the fire, but those aren't God. Really, God is a gentle whisper.

God is not a force... I mean if I were Elijah... and imagine I was in the cave... and I suddenly heard the windstorm, the earthquake, the fire... I would have already thought it was God... And if I treated these forces as though they were God, I would have become really afraid, scared, fearful...

These forces are powerful and is potentially destructive in nature, yet notice the enormous difference from a gentle whisper.

This is no wonder God is a God of comfort... God is a God who speaks to us...

God is no doubt powerful, but that's for His glory so that at least people might come to believe in Him and stand a chance at spending eternity with Him.

But with us, God is gentle...
and it's amazing at times, how I used to think of God as a booming voice, a sign from heaven, a supernatural event... rather than a Gentle whisper.

"Look out for God speaking admist all loud noises of problems, of fears... because He's the gentle whisper."