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. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.
Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” (I Kings 19:11-13)
"My life feels like a whirlwind."
"I've been putting out fires all day."
"We have another earth shaking development today in the field of..."
With wind and earthquakes and fire all around us, it is no wonder that it is hard to hear God in the silence.
I believe. And yet, often I act as if I am a faithless wanderer.
I have seen God's miracles in my own life. Often I have sensed God's presence, available to me in amazing ways. But, on a day to day basis, I go forward just like anyone else, acting as if the world revolves around me and as if my observations, perceptions and feelings are all that there are.
If I don't pray and re-center, the presence of the physical world - that which I can easily experience - pushes in and pushes the silence out of the way. Elijah discovered that God was in the silence, but not in the wind or earthquake or fire. I need to rediscover that every single day.
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