Brenda Ueland, who wrote a book called If You Want to Write, offers this insight: “Inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regularly and every day give it a little chance to start flowing, prime it with a little solitude and idleness.”
I believe the same can be said of God.
For most of us, God does not come like a bolt, like a a voice from the clouds, like a pillar of fire. In general, God avoids drama and instead “comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time.” This characteristic is affirmed in 1 Kings 19:11-13, when God appeared to Elijah not in a powerful wind, an earthquake, or fire but in a gentle whisper. It takes a little solitude and idleness to notice that God is even there, but prayer—when we engage in it regularly and every day—primes the flow of God’s life in us.
Life is challenging enough without added drama from God. May we be attentive to God’s voice that comes to us slowly and quietly and all the time so God doesn’t have to resort to extraordinary means to get our attention!
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