“And after the wind, earthquake and fire there was the sound of a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance to the cave.” I Kings 20:11-13
It is the last day of the month…of the year, and I am introspective this morning as I write these words. My heart is filled with such gratefulness for all that our Father has done in our lives this year. Yes I Will Pray has taken some very positive turns this past year. Lives have been changed. People have been healed. Marriages have been brought back together. Finances have been impacted. Jobs have been found and much more. We have grown as a ministry, including now having a monthly Yes I Will Pray segment on the huge Northern California radio station KFAX. We are blessed beyond measure.
As we approach the coming days, nothing is going to be more important than the ministry of prayer and in particular Yes I Will Pray. I know this ministry was born for such a time as this. The needs that are being posted both on Facebook as well as on the YIWP web site are increasingly becoming more serious and intense. I believe it is a microcosm view of how things are all over the nation and in most everyone’s lives, homes and families. We are in a time of historic and dramatic paradigm shifts. Only standing so close to Jesus that we don’t know where he ends and we begin will get us through it. Never have we been more in need of his direction and protection. Never have we needed to speak less and listen more. Never have we needed one another more than right now.
I’ve made a decision for this year. No resolutions!!! None! Instead, I’m choosing to walk and function in the moment. God is always NOW. So for me to project MY plans and MY goals for this year is not in keeping with being in the NOW…in the moment! There is so much volume and chaos around us…screaming for our attention and reaction. But God said that he’s not in the wind or the fire or the earthquake. Just as he was to Elijah He is still in the gentle whisper that speaks when everything else is roaring. God told Elijah to “go back the way you came.” In other words, don’t run after everything that tries to rock your world, making promises that can’t and won’t be kept. Don’t listen to candy coated psycho -babble that so often appeals to our drive- up window mentality. No matter what anyone tells us, there is only one way to get God’s attention and have him respond to us, and that is to stay IN HIM….PERIOD! When God spoke to Elijah in the whisper, he went to the mouth of the cave where he had run for protection, thinking if he got away from all those who were trying to kill him, he would be safe. But right there in that cave is where God taught Elijah a very important lesson. God is in the MOMENT…in the NOW. No matter where we are, there he is. And Elijah wrapped his cloak around his face. He shut out all the other sounds but one. The identity of Elijah was not in the cave, or the cloak (which in that time WAS the human identity of a man) but it was in the whisper of God.
So if you purpose to do anything this year, move in closer to God than ever. Put your ear right up his lips, so that when he speaks, you’ll hear him. Satan comes as a roaring lion to knock you off of your footing. God whispers to keep you calm, balanced and at peace!
I speak peace into your hearts today…for God has not changed the volume control, and he is with you even to the ends of the earth!
No fear!
No panic!
PEACE!!!
This is the BEST Year EVER!
