Devotional: Great
Expectations
“It is the
Lord, God Almighty!” But what we do not
understand is that God is the God of all things. From the majestic to the microscopic. Every detail is in his hands. Sometimes God will call us to defeat the
giants and call us to withstand the great trials. God also calls us to stand the everyday
drudgery of life. Elijah was “the
Prophet” the man that out lasted the strongest, wisest most influential men of
the day, the prophets of Baal. But God now called him to something simple.
God calls us to realize that He is in charge
of all things. The mighty things will
distract our attention and cause us to stop and stare, but the small things are
God’s too.
The business of The Lord is hard work. But the business is not focus here. There are things that one must do before
leaving this earth. How about a clean
face, or carefully painted fingernails or even the scent of bread baking in the
oven. Just a person to sit beside or
walk down the hall with can mean so much to a person who is facing life’s
greatest challenge. Can we offer that to
someone? It is evident that the small
things of life make the heavy matters, doable.
How did the great prophet know that God was in the still small voice? He
understood that God reveals himself to his chosen when they stop and listen for
him.
The
earthquake, wind and treacherous fire is how we would expect God to speak to
us, but we must know that God is not always in them. At times, He speaks to His own children with
a gentle whisper.
Make the simple things just as
important as the miraculous and God may come in a gentle whisper.
HW: Find a simple but important way to serve and
connect with someone you know or serve.
Send a reply of what simple way you found to connect this week.
And the word of
the LORD came to him: “What are
you doing here, Elijah?”
1Ki 19:10 He replied, “I
have been very zealous for the LORD
God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, broken 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.”
1Ki 19:11 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.
1Ki 19:12 After the
earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was
not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.
1Ki 19:13 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?”
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