*Please Read this Entire Chapter. There is so much in it.*

I have hidden Thy word in my heart.
(Picture by Lisa R)

1 Kings 19. “Then He said, ‘Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord.’ And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces 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; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. So it was, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him, and said, ‘What are you doing here, Elijah?'” (Verses 11-13). This Chapter is chalk full of so many lesson. So many things that we do as Christians, that should receive a big eye roll from God, yet what He gives us instead is patience and love. Elijah has killed the prophet, and God had showed up and showed off. Yet one note from one woman has Elijah running away as though God couldn’t handle it. Which I think is why instead of the loud wind, and the earthquake God showed up in the still small voice, and why His question was, “What are you doing here?” We expect the big and grandiose from God, but what we don’t expect is for God to show up in our everyday. But that’s what relationship is, God being a part of our everyday. Elijah didn’t need to run from Jezebel, he needed to run to God. He wasn’t where he was suppose to be and so God asked him a very normal question, ‘what are you doing here?’ Let God guide our everyday, don’t run from Him, run to Him.