Season 4 Podcast 28 “Peace be Still”
Ancient prophets referred to the language of the Spirit as the still small voice.
1 KINGS 19
11 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:
12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
Elijah a prophet heard the still small voice, but it did not come readily. He was distracted by the strong winds, by the earthquake, and by the fire. The winds, earthquake, and fire are symbolic of the powerful distractions in our world that keep us from hearing the still small voice.
David teaches us how to hear the still small voice even during the worst storms. In Psalms 46, David lists a number of calamities relating to end time:
· The earth is removed
· Mountains are carried into the midst of the sea
· The waters roar
· The mountains shake
· The heathen rage
· The kingdoms were moved
· Desolations come
After all this, the Lord said to David.
“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”
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It is hard to be still during tragedy. When fear flows through our veins like fire; When we are stricken with grief; When the foundations of our world are shaken, being still is not the first thing we think of. When our world appears to be falling apart, it is hard to be still. It is difficult to hear the “still small voice.”
Yet it seems that the remedy often can only come when we stop, take a deep breath, and turn our hearts to God. The Lord is mindful of the storms of our life. Remember when the Savior is out on the sea and a storm arose.
MARK 4: 37-41
37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
Perhaps we have all been caught on that ship that appeared about to sink, and we thought God was in the hinder part asleep and couldn’t hear our cries, so we cry louder. The image of “waking the Lord” is very interesting. Doesn’t that often ring true? We think the Lord is deaf to our cries. We think that he doesn’t care or that he doesn’t hear us or that he is sleeping. And we cry out in despair, or anger, or fear, or frustration: “Don’t you care that we perish?” But it isn’t that he does not hear us. The problem may be that we don’t hear him for we are looking in the wrong place.
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