+DEV+ Quietness And Trust

Date: August 13, 2013 11:43 PM
Topic: +DEV+  Quietness And Trust

Quietness And Trust

"This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: 'In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength.'" (Isaiah 30:15)
Scripture Focus: I Kings 19

Elijah had some very intimate, personal encounters with God. Once, when Queen Jezebel threatened to kill him, Elijah ran for his life, enduring alone a forty days' journey through the  desert. As his epic sojourn ended, he climbed into a cave on Mt. Horeb, and there, God spoke: "What are you doing here, Elijah?" There followed a blasting wind, a violent earthquake and a  raging fire. Imagine the deafening, frightening noise! But then we read, "after the fire came a gentle whisper... " (1 Kings 19:12). Into Elijah's deepest place of absolute solitude came this intimate moment with deity. God whispered, and they communed together.

It's God's nature to communicate with us, to be in relationship with us. That's precisely and wondrously why He sent His Son, Jesus - to show us the Father and to provide an eternal relationship with Him. Our lives are filled with distractions, the deafening noises of diversions. Perhaps today could be the day when we step into the quiet and listen for that gentle whisper from Him.

Insight: In the union of quietness and trust we find strength. In the union of repentance and God's love through Jesus we find forgiveness and eternal life.




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