God WHISPERS and God WINKS, encouragements for His children.
12 and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord wasnot in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. (Whisper) 1 Kings 19
God doesn’t always speak dramatically, He doesn’t need to.
God had drawn Elijah aside after his victory over the prophets of Baal on Carmel. He had more assignments for him but he needed Elijah to be centred on His voice again and not on the screaming rants of Jezebel. God’s Voice may only come to us in a Whisper, when no distractions are present.
When I was a university student, a long time ago now, I recall two professors of engineering. The younger was the youngest head of department in the University and the other was extremely bright and perhaps a little bit eccentric. Some of the students were having a moan to the head that they couldn’t understand the other prof who was in the stratosphere much of the time. He gave them some candid advice, LISTEN TO THE FIRST FEW SENTENCES and after that don’t try to follow his arguments. THE ANSWER WAS CONCEALED IN THE FIRST WORDS, BUT YOU HAD TO LISTEN CLOSELY TO HEAR IT. Some of God’s children are finding it difficult to hear His voice today, too much speech and too many voices in this digital world. Tell God you’re sorry if you’ve missed His reply and humbly ask Him to repeat what He’s saying. Get still and listen to the Whisper!
9 During that night the Lord said to Gideon, ‘Get up, go down against the camp, because I am going to give it into your hands. 10 If you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah 11 and listen to what they are saying. Afterwards, you will be encouraged to attack the camp.’ Judges 7
When Gideon overheard the interpretation of an invader’s dream he was encouraged to surround the enemy camp with his 300 men and destroy them. God gave him the REASSURANCE that He was him and Israel.
A God Wink of the Father’s Love to us in the present time. Anne and I were praying and worshipping regarding a pressing matter in a room outside our house. A man arrived to read the electric meter and I decided on impulse to go out and asked him for the reading he’d taken. The reading was 77720! I had just proclaimed Psalm 20 over our place and 777 represented triple completion. God heard and answered immediately, but we wouldn’t have seen the meter reader until we went outside to pray, a short time before. God is uniquely creative and speaks in multiple ways to us all. Open our eyes to see Lord.
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;
to search out a matter is the glory of kings. Proverbs 25
We are the Kings and Priests of God Most High.
God bless and keep you today. Immanuel, He is with us.