Proverbs 25

"It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings." (verse 2) God speaks in "that still small voice". It's hard to find where God has spoken to me by shouting or other boisterous means. It is this little treasure hunt game that He plays: He tries to give me something which requires me to stop, be still, and carefully listen and think about the clues. This is God's way of things and I think it comes back to what we see in other places; God is interested in out heart. Anyone can follow instructions when they are preceded with thunder, lightning and loud voices, but it is greatly more difficult to find a whisper amongst the other noises, to understand it, and to follow. I know that the hardest part of that equation for me is to turn down the other volumes of life and put a few things on pause so that I can distinguish the voice of the Lord. This is extremely difficult to do. my personality is to wake up early, get a running start on my day, go full-throttle all day long, and squeeze a few more things in between dinner and sleeping to top off the day. Naturally if I don't choose differently than this, my own personality will push God out from my days. After not too long the days won't be good anymore. So the challenge for me is to bring God back with the volumes turned down and the pace controlled so that when that small voice starts to speak, I can recognize it from the other noises and change my course to focus on that for the time-being. -Bob