Hush...

We live in a very busy world. Most people have the internet in the palm of their hand vis-à-vis their telephone. We are inundated and bombarded with noise and information from the time that we wake up in the morning until the moment that we go to sleep at night.

We have Christian radio available to us 24 hours a day. We can have praise music playing so much that it is reduced to nothing more than background noise. We have Christian television stations, many of these same ministries have radio programs and blogs that we can receive on our telephone.

It’s all inherently Christian, but is God in it?

I am not trying pass judgment. I am not discussing the motive of the people that present this “information.” I am talking about the state and the status of your heart.

This reminds me of Elijah. He had just experienced God in a massive way. He had just battled 450 false prophets on Mt. Caramel in 1 Kings 18. He has also prayed and a drought ended. He was in the middle of all this clamor about how God was doing great things… but Elijah was missing something. He was weary. In 1 Kings 19:4, Elijah says “I have had enough, Lord. Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.”

Elijah was empty.

But in his emptiness something happened. God spoke.

11 “Go out and stand before me on the mountain,” the LORD told him. And as Elijah stood there, 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 was not in the earthquake. 12 And after the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire there was the sound of a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. 1 Kings 19:11-13

And a voice said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

Sometimes, we need to get away from it all to a place where we can hear God. We need to get to a place where we can get direction.

Sometimes, God isn’t in the music that we play, or the things that we listen to. Sometimes it’s in the whisper.
Take a moment to shut down the noise. Listen for God. He wants to speak to you.