June 24, 2018
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1 Kings 19:9-13 New International Version (NIV)
9 There he went into a cave and spent the night.
The Lord Appears to Elijah
And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
10 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”
11 The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.”
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. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13 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 have been thinking about all the voices we hear and how they can have an impact on our lives.
Yes, I said we hear voices… Not in the crazy sense with which we typically associate that statement; but voices nonetheless that are very real. Voices that can lead us in good directions and bring blessings to our life and voices which aren’t so kind and can even lead to our destruction
God begins with a question… What are you doing here? Elijah answers and it is apparent from his answer, and the rest of the preceding story, that Elijah has been hearing voices. Not just God’s voice, but other voices that were impacting his life – those voices were shaping his perspective, his assessment of truth, his faith, his will to live. Are we any different? How many times have we heard voices that begin to shape our thinking, our decisions, our faith?
1. The Voices Within
2. The Voices Without
3. The Voices From Below
4. The Voices From Above
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