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A Gentle Whisper, 2012
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What are you doing here? I Kings 19
My small group had spent some time with the passage of scripture where Elijah journeyed to Mt. Hebron to meet with God. After the victory over the prophets of Baal, Jezebel threatened to kill Elijah.
Elijah was exhausted and discouraged. Physical fatigue, fear, and uncertainty drove Elijah to pursue God. After sleep, and being fed by an angel of the Lord, Elijah journeyed 40 days to Mt. Hebron and settled into a cave. God comes to him and asks, “What are you doing here?”
God tells him that he will come to him. There is a violent wind that breaks the rocks but the scripture tells us that God is not in the wind. There is a mighty earthquake but the scripture tells us that God is not in the earthquake. Then there is a fire but God is not in the fire.
Finally, a gentle whisper, or a still small voice, and Elijah wraps his face in his cloak and goes out of the cave to be with God.
