BBD 08.06.21 The Still Small Voice (Classic)

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Classic from 2002

The Burning Bush Devotional

06 August 2021

The Still Small Voice

Today’s
devotional is from an article written by my son, Clark Wrather, for his church
newsletter. Clark was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Broken Bow,
Oklahoma at the time. Clark was pastor at FBC Broken Bow for 12 years. He has
been the pastor at First Baptist Church in Yukon, Oklahoma since July 2012. The
title and Scripture were added for the devotional.

And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and
strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the
Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but
the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the
Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. - 1
Kings 19:11-12.

When I
woke up last Wednesday, I would never have dreamed my day would end at a
hospital in Paris, Texas. I could not have imagined the day ending with my son,
Madison, having a CAT Scan. I’m just thankful that nothing was wrong….

Boys
will be boys. My oldest boy seems to have bruises on him all the time, yet he
never knows how he got them. He’s only three and a half, but he loves to play
rough. Evidently, Madison’s face collided with another little boy’s head. The
other boy was fine, but Madison had a spectacular bruise on his cheek and
around his eye and a concussion.

The
doctor told us in the ER that he had seen children with less bruising than Madison
have all sorts of dire problems going on inside their heads. He gave us two
options. We could hospitalize him for 48 hours for observation or have a CAT
Scan and leave that night if there was no bleeding inside the head. Of course,
we chose the second option.

I was
worried about Madison staying still for the scan. The scan started and he was
nervous and did the best he could, but he kept moving around. He just could not
be that still. I tried harder and harder to get him to be still but he would
keep moving his head a little this way and a little that way. The radiologist
was a funny guy and he saw what was happening. He keyed his mic and spoke like
the voice of God, saying, “DO NOT
MOOOOOOVE!!” He turned off his mic and I could see
him cracking up behind the glass. I was struggling fiercely to keep a straight
face. Madison kept still. He did not move at all, not one finger. I’m not sure
he even winked.

In
life, we get advice from all sorts of people that have our best interests at
heart: friends, relatives, Sunday School teachers, even pastors. Sadly, we
usually ignore them. I would wager that we would heed the advice if we heard it
from the voice of God. We would follow it in a minute, if it came from a
booming voice in the heavens with our name written with fire in the skies.

In the
Bible, God is said to speak in a “still,
small voice.” I have found in my life that this “still, small voice” often
speaks through other people. God speaks through Christian friends, pastors,
Sunday School teachers, and other believers with whom we are in contact. If
you’re waiting for the booming voice, my friend, you will probably have a long
wait. God has another one He uses. He speaks through His spirit that indwells
the believers you respect in your life.

Are you
listening?

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Kinsey W; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Todd
Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who
has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana
Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; and Shonda
Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
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Classic from 2002

The Burning Bush Devotional

06 August 2021

The Still Small Voice

Today’s
devotional is from an article written by my son, Clark Wrather, for his church
newsletter. Clark was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Broken Bow,
Oklahoma at the time. Clark was pastor at FBC Broken Bow for 12 years. He has
been the pastor at First Baptist Church in Yukon, Oklahoma since July 2012. The
title and Scripture were added for the devotional.

And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and
strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the
Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but
the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the
Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. - 1
Kings 19:11-12.

When I
woke up last Wednesday, I would never have dreamed my day would end at a
hospital in Paris, Texas. I could not have imagined the day ending with my son,
Madison, having a CAT Scan. I’m just thankful that nothing was wrong….

Boys
will be boys. My oldest boy seems to have bruises on him all the time, yet he
never knows how he got them. He’s only three and a half, but he loves to play
rough. Evidently, Madison’s face collided with another little boy’s head. The
other boy was fine, but Madison had a spectacular bruise on his cheek and
around his eye and a concussion.

The
doctor told us in the ER that he had seen children with less bruising than Madison
have all sorts of dire problems going on inside their heads. He gave us two
options. We could hospitalize him for 48 hours for observation or have a CAT
Scan and leave that night if there was no bleeding inside the head. Of course,
we chose the second option.

I was
worried about Madison staying still for the scan. The scan started and he was
nervous and did the best he could, but he kept moving around. He just could not
be that still. I tried harder and harder to get him to be still but he would
keep moving his head a little this way and a little that way. The radiologist
was a funny guy and he saw what was happening. He keyed his mic and spoke like
the voice of God, saying, “DO NOT
MOOOOOOVE!!” He turned off his mic and I could see
him cracking up behind the glass. I was struggling fiercely to keep a straight
face. Madison kept still. He did not move at all, not one finger. I’m not sure
he even winked.

In
life, we get advice from all sorts of people that have our best interests at
heart: friends, relatives, Sunday School teachers, even pastors. Sadly, we
usually ignore them. I would wager that we would heed the advice if we heard it
from the voice of God. We would follow it in a minute, if it came from a
booming voice in the heavens with our name written with fire in the skies.

In the
Bible, God is said to speak in a “still,
small voice.” I have found in my life that this “still, small voice” often
speaks through other people. God speaks through Christian friends, pastors,
Sunday School teachers, and other believers with whom we are in contact. If
you’re waiting for the booming voice, my friend, you will probably have a long
wait. God has another one He uses. He speaks through His spirit that indwells
the believers you respect in your life.

Are you
listening?

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

http://www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Kinsey W; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Todd
Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who
has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana
Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; and Shonda
Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by sending
a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group (Because of time
constraints the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by
sending a blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org