Be Still And Know
The Church at Severn Run   -  

Elijah performed many great feats in the name of God–miracles that most of us could never even dream of doing. Yet here we find him in an all too familiar place. We see Elijah feeling the same feelings that we ourselves oftentimes feel. It’s easy to feel overburdened by all that we do. Day in and day out we go to work, we take care of our families, we go to church, and we try to generally be good people. But the problem is, in a world where we’re all constantly caught up in what we’re doing, we rarely take a moment to stop and be still; we rarely take the time to be quiet and let God speak. God displayed a small glimpse of his full power when we wrought the wind, earthquake, and fires down upon the mountain where Elijah was hiding, yet in was in the stillness of a whisper where God revealed himself to Elijah. It is in the quiet of a whisper where that very same God wants to speak to you, if only you will be still and listen…