Gentle Whisper
(Unknown
Author)
The young man had lost his job and didn't know which way to turn. So he went
to see the old
preacher. Pacing about the preacher's study, the young man ranted about his
problem. Finally he
clenched his fist and shouted, "I've begged God to say something to help me.
Tell me, Preacher,
why doesn't God answer?"
The old preacher, who sat across the room, spoke something in reply --
something so hushed it
was indistinguishable. The young man stepped across the room. "What did you
say?" he asked.
The preacher repeated himself, but again in a tone as soft as a whisper. So
the young man moved
closer until he was leaning on the
preacher's chair.
"Sorry," he said. "I still didn't hear you."
With their heads bent together, the old preacher spoke once more. "God
sometimes whispers," he
said, "so we will move closer to
hear Him."
This time the young man heard and he understood.
We all want God's voice to thunder through the air with the answer to our
problem. But God's is the still, small voice . . . the gentle
whisper. Perhaps there's a reason. Nothing draws human focus quite like a
whisper. God's whisper means I must stop my ranting and move close to Him,
until my head is bent together with His. And then, as I listen, I will find
my answer. Better still, I find myself closer to God.
1Kings 19:11,12--And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the
LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the
mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not
in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the
earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire:
and after the fire a still small voice.