Where Is God?

Home on the farm I enjoy a ride on our John Deere...I feel God here!

Today's Scripture:

After the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.

1 Kings 19:12

When you're surfing the Web, have you ever noticed that the blinkies, brightest, most obnoxiously animated banner ads are usually the ones that direct you to the most worthless Web sites? Have you ever noticed that the guy who yells the loudest on the television ads is the guy who's trying to sell you something you don't need? When God spoke to Elijah, he didn't speak in the earthquake or the fire. He spoke to him in a small voice~not the kind of voice that forces you to hear, but the kind of voice you have to be listening for. As I rode today down our farm road with the fall air hitting me in the face I could hear his voice upon the wind. It is one of those things that if you are too busy you will miss it.

If God doesn't speak loudly, it would be good to set aside a quiet time to hear him. God's voice is understanding and knowledge that come from reading the Bible and from praying. It's a sense of assurance that comes from spending time with God.

You know God is speaking when you get a kind of peace that is out of the ordinary and beyond the realities of whatever is happening around you.

Someday God may choose to speak to you in a voice as loud as an earthquake. You may as I shared last night, to the group gathered at Selah's Family Fun day sing see Him as brightly as a burning fire. Perhaps he already has spoken to you that clearly. That's not how he usually speaks, however. The life of consistent faith requires that you sit still long enough to hear God whisper.

Selah people' and friends find a quiet time and place to read your Bible and pray and spend time in devotion to Him. Ask God to teach you to hear his voice; as you take the time to listen you will learn to hear God's voice. It may be in a still place in the middle of a big city, on a college campus or your school or even on a country farm road in our own rural Grantham, NC. Listen up and be ready to answer His call!

Be sure to stop by our Selah Church Website at http://selahchurch.com/ check out our photos from Family Fun day under our events page and also if you've been away or just need a sermon you can listen or download there as well.

"Peace and love be with you as you share His love with others and listen for God's voice."

Your pastor,

Rev Muston (PreacherPatrick)