11 The LORD said, "Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by." Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Then a voice said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
14 He replied, "I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, broken down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too."
15 The LORD said to him, "Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram. 16 Also, anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet. 17 Jehu will put to death any who escape the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death any who escape the sword of Jehu. 18 Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and all whose mouths have not kissed him." from 1 Kings 19
What a story!! It is amazing how quickly we forget the faithfulness of God that we have SEEN and EXPERIENCED in the past. Like Elijah, the minute trouble comes, we forget everything we have seen and experienced and take off running for our lives...ready to hide in a cave. Our cave may be alcohol. It may be withdrawal. It may be self-doubt or self-loathing. Why is it that we can't seem to live fully and daily out of a real trust in God. Hasn't he "proven it o'er and o'er."
Sunday we discussed the wilderness of big decisions and how we often flee from God in those times of choosing. We ask for other people's opinions, we research and we wring our hands, but we rarely ever turn to God. What stories do you have to share about God's work in the big decisions you've made in life. Have you ever turned a big decision over to Him? What happened?
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Our big decision that we turned over was whether to move or not. It was amazing how things fell into place when we just went with it and followed where we thought God was telling us to go.
I talked a little bit about this on my blog. Hopefully this will post the link correctly, but if not look in my November 2007 post for one called coins in a fountain. The link is http://zsquarednews.blogspot.com/2007/11/coins-in-fountain-and-street-and.html (you may have to copy and paste).
Susan,
That was a huge decision. It is amazing how I can see God in it now. Your testimony about how you saw God move in that decision was powerful to me, too. I hope you can share a little bit of it or copy and paste some of it. Thanks for your response!!
wg
Here is the post (it is relatively short so this is the entire post)
So one thing I have noticed since we moved is that I have found an unusual number of coins. I am used to finding the occasional penny or maybe better in a parking lot or on the floor near a cash register, but I have just been feeling like I am finding an unusual number of coins. I seem to find pennies or dimes in particular, but the occasional nickel or quarter has snuck in there. If I had realized how many I would find I would have started keeping track of how much I have "made." I really started paying attention to it when I found three coins at separate places one day, and two of them happened to be in a huge parking lot that I cross but don't park in.
I have always been the type to bend over and pick a coin up...even if it was just a penny. One time someone sent me one of those email story forwards where it talked about someone who was really rich taking time to pick up a penny because he felt that the words "In God We Trust" was a reminder to pray. I liked that idea so every time I find a coin I say a small prayer. I guess I am taking my coin finding extravaganza as God telling me that a) I am in the right place right now for my life, and b) I might need to pray a little bit more.
The main things I have noticed are things like meeting people who helped us get our house ready to sell, finding a job easily, our house selling in a reasonable amount of time, etc. A lot of it is things happening easily...it feels like it was just meant to be.
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