March 2024 - Are We Listening?
Life is often like a whirlwind. Certainly, this year seems to be like that. We are already 1/6th through the year. Lent is almost ½ over. The days seem to go fast, like a whirlwind. It is so easy for us to lose track of the days slipping by us. The older I get the faster I see time go by.
1 Kings 19:11-13 tells the story of Elijah retreating to the caves in the mountains after Elijah’s victory over the prophets of Baal at Mount Carmel. There the Lord told Elijah to stand on the mountain as the Lord passed by. First a whirlwind tore into mountains and broke the rocks in pieces, but the Lord was not in the wind. Then an earthquake came, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. Then a fire came, but the Lord was not in the fire. Then a still small voice came.
When Elijah heard the voice, he wrapped his face with a scarf and stood in the entrance of the cave. The voice of the Lord came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
Are we listening for God? Or are we too busy, listening to the whirlwind, feeling the earthquake, and watching the consuming fire? Life in the world will always seek to distract us. But God quietly awaits us; ready for us to listen to that still small voice. As the Psalmist says, “Be Still, and Know that I am God.”
Take time to be still. Take time to listen. Discover God waiting to speak to you, to speak to the depth of your heart, to speak to your deepest pain, to speak to your greatest fear. God is waiting for you!
We invite you to join our Wednesday morning Bible Study, Wednesday evening Bible Study, or Sunday School following worship as opportunities to grow in your life as a disciple of Christ. We invite you to join us on Sunday evenings for Kid’s Club, Youth Group, or Time, Talent, and Treasure as adults share the gifts that God has blessed them with. We invite you to participate in the 24-hour Prayer Vigil that starts on Good Friday.
We invite you to come join us for worship of the God who waits for us! Come join us as we seek to worship, to encounter the Holy, as the still small voice of God speaks to us.
Blessings!
Alan
