Small still voice

1 Kings 19:11 Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the LORD.” And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces 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; 12 And after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. 

If we are going to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit guiding us day by day, moment by moment as believers, we must learn to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit guiding us. So often we are looking for the voice of the Holy Spirit in the miraculous. It is true the Holy Spirit makes the will of the Father known to us through the miraculous at times. The Holy Spirit does speak through signs and wonders at times. However, most of the time the Holy Spirit does not speak through signs and wonders. Most of the time He speaks through the small still voice.

Elijah was in a spot in his life where he was not able to hear from the Lord, because he was listening the wrong way. If you read the story that precedes our focal passage for today you will find that God had just spoken to Elijah through the miraculous as Elijah took on the prophets of Baal and called down fire from heaven. In our focal passage for today, God gave Elijah an object lesson to let Elijah know that the normal way God speaks to us is not the miraculous. Those are rare comparatively speaking. The norm is the small still voice.

In order to hear the small still voice, we have to get quiet. When someone is whispering you can not hear them if there is a lot of back ground noise. You can only hear a small still voice when you are in an environment where there are no competing noises. If we are going to hear from the Father through the Holy Spirit, we have to shut out the competing noises, and get still and quiet before HIM. Do you have time each day, when you get quiet and still before HIM listening to HIS small still voice? It is a key to hearing from God.