Prayer for Life Storms – 1 Kings 19: 9 -15a
1 Kings 19:9-15a
Elijah on Mount Horeb
19:9 At that place he came to a cave and spent the night there. Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
19:10 He answered, “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of hosts, for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away.”
19:11 He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.” Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking 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,
19:12 and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire, and after the fire a sound of sheer silence.
19:13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then there came a voice to him that said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
19:14 He answered, “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of hosts, for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away.”
19:15a Then the LORD said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus.
God of all creation,
Through the storms of life
and in the moments silence and stillness,
you are with your people
in the person of Jesus your Son.
Yet Like Elijah, we can find ourselves
exhausted and scared,
hiding away from noise and silence,
uncertain what to do next
When the storms of the chaos roars,
the winds of uncertainty blow,
And when the silence is deafening,
Calm our fears
Help us to hear your voice-
Not in the storms of life
But in the silence
of being in your presence
Strengthen our faith,
So that we may never doubt
Your presence among us
Through Jesus Christ our Lord and our Strength.
Amen.
