The Still, Small Voice

YHWH. "LORD". I AM.

The name was always meant to be unpronouncable, but rather aspirated. A name that sounds like breathing. It names one Who is breath. God is Spirit/Wind/Breath.

We depend on breath moment by moment. Jesus breathed on them.
2 Tim 3:15. All scripture is inspired by God, or breathed out by God. And the voice of God is carried on His breath. Are we listening for the quiet voice that is carried in these words? Elijah on Mt Horeb...1 Kings 19. The word/LORD was not in the thunder...but in the quiet whispering sound or the sound of sheer silence.

If we're not listening, we can't hear it or heed it. Is 30:18..the LORD will not hide himself anymore. When you turn to the right or to the left, you will hear a word behind you, saying walk this way, now that. The shepherd's voice comes from behind the flock, guiding them. We are guided into an unknown future by a voice from behind.

From behind...the voice comes unexpectedly from an unknown source. We must be a listening people. Come to the Bible to listen for the still, small voice. It can be surprising and unexpected. We have this disposition to read what is in front of us. But we must go deeper and really hear what God is saying. "What else could there be here for me?

--Notes from lecture by Scripture Scholar Paul Spilsbury, PhD


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