Magnificent Prayer #267
Magnificent Prayer #267
…and after the fire a still small voice.
1 Kings 19:12 KJV
Often the Spirit will prompt us to prayer, when, judging from external circumstances, we shall be inclined to conclude that no real danger exists, or any special necessity for prayer. But how often have we afterwards discovered, it may be to our cost, that through disregarding the Divine call we were betrayed into a snare or overcome by a temptation!
EVAN HOPKINS
Pray About It: Sometimes we sense a need to pray for something that seems to come out of the blue and we want to dismiss it. And yet God does speak to us at times this way. He seeks reliable men and women on whom He can place special burdens for prayer at certain times. Learn to obey His promptings.
Today, if God leads you, follow Him in prayer.
It is God’s way to do the unexpected. Were we to put it to a vote as to which they thought the more likely, for the Lord to have spoken to Elijah through the mighty wind and earthquake or the still small voice, we suppose the great majority would say the former. And it is not much the same in our own spiritual experience? We earnestly beg Him to grant us a more definite and settled assurance of our acceptance in Christ, and then look for His answer in a sort of electric shock imparted to our souls or in an extraordinary vision; when instead, it is by the still small voice of the Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are the children of God. Again, we beseech the Lord that we may grow in grace, and then expect His answer in the form of more conscious enjoyment of His presence; whereas He quietly gives us to see more of the hidden depravity of our hearts. Yes, God often does the unexpected in His dealings with us.
A. W. PINK
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