I spent this afternoon in a very noisy coffee shop with a couple of friends. The coffee shop was having the toilet fixed and the sound of the drill was deafening.
However, despite the noise, we still managed to hear each other - mostly with the help of lip-reading. We had to sit close enough to hear and to read what each other was saying. To read their lips and their facial expressions too.
We often complain about not hearing God, or not being sure of what He's saying. Often His voice can be too easily drowned out in the deafening din of life - it can be lost to the metaphorical 'drills' of life.
But how often do we draw our chairs right up to Him - as we had to do in the coffee shop - to hear what it is that He wants to say to us? How often do we look into His face so that we can read His lips and hear what it is that He is saying?
The Bible describes God's voice as being the still, small voice amidst the thunderous roar of life:
"The Lord said [to Elijah], '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. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.”
[1 Kings 19:11-12 NIV]
God doesn't usually shout.
He whispers, so that we will draw our chairs up close to be near to Him and develop an intimacy with Him.
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