PrayerBits for Thursday

PrayerBits

A bite sized devotional program
produced by the West Side Presbyterian Church

Thursday

Scripture lesson: 1 Kings 19:9-13 The Lord was in the silence

Time to Reflect: Sometimes we find God in unexpected places. The wind and earthquakes and fire and other large traumatic events is where the ancients expected to find God. Elijah did not find God in these but in the “sheer silence.” Most unexpected.

Moving Through the Day: Where do you expect to find God? Where would be the opposite situation? Think about finding God in that setting. (e.g. expect to find God in Church, but look for him at work.)

Scripture:  

9 There he went into a cave and spent the night.
      

The LORD Appears to Elijah

    And the word of the LORD came to him: "What are you doing here, Elijah?"

 10 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."

 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?"