To many times we go to God expecting an answer that resembles the wind, earthquake and fire. We want to huge booming voice of God to come and rattle us to the core. An experience that is life changing every time He speaks to us.
Elijah probably had the same type of expectation with each new event on the mountain top. But if Elijah was too stubborn to only respond to a fixed expectation of dramatic proportions then he would have missed the gentle whisper.
In Exodus, God speaks to Moses as a friend speaks to a friend. Every time I talk to my friends I don't have life altering experiences. I find this same thing with God. The more I spend time with Him, the more I realize that He does talk just as a friend would. Giving the best advice we could ask for, or gentle prompts to do or say certain things, but hardly ever the huge booming voice that shakes the ground.
Not to say that He won't do that, but more often then not He speaks to us as the friend, the companion, a guide. It's more our job to listen and allow His words to sink in and shake us to our cores, to change our lives forever. We have a choice to listen or reject Him.
In my experience even when God is digging deep into us and revealing our dark places, it is still the voice of a friend. We grow up knowing God as our Father, Saviour, King, and Lord, but have you taken time to know Him as your friend? Today go to Him and listen not for the fire or earthquake but the gentle whisper of a friend.
