FOR AGES, THE VISION OF THE COMING MESSIAH ONLY EXISTED IN SCROLLS OF PROPHECY AND THE SOULS OF PROPHETS
ELIJAH WAS ONE SUCH PROPHET
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FEARING FOR HIS LIFE
HE FOUND HIMSELF HIDING IN A CAVE
FEELING ABANDONED BY GOD WHO HAD CALLED HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE
BUT GOD WAS ABOUT TO MAKE HIMSELF KNOWN
A FIERCE WIND SHOOK THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS
BUT GOD WAS NOT IN THE WIND
AN EARTHQUAKE CAUSED THE VERY GROUND BENEATH HIS FEET TO TREMBLE
BUT GOD WAS NOT IN THE EARTHQUAKE
FIRE IGNITED THE SKY
BUT GOD WAS NOT IN THE FIRE
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THEN FROM THE SILENCE
A WHISPER
GOD’S PRESENCE ARRIVING GENTLE AND SMALL
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CENTURIES AFTER ELIJAH
GOD’S PEOPLE SAT IN THE SILENCE OF SUFFERING
THEY LONGED FOR A SCROLL, A PROPHET, A MIRACLE
LIKE ELIJAH, THEY FELT ABANDONED BY THE GOD WHO HAD CHOSEN THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE
THEY LONGED TO BE RESQUED
THEY LONGED TO SEE THE MESSIAH BECOME MORE THAN AN AGE-OLD PROMISE
SOME EXPECTED A WARRIOR
BUT THE MESSIAH DID NOT ARRIVE WITH SWORD AND SHIELD
SOME WANTED A KING
BUT THE MESSIAH WOULD NOT ARRIVE WITH CROWN AND THROWN
SOME LONGED FOR A HERO
BUT GOD DID NOT SEND A HERO IN THE WAY THEY EXPECTED
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IN A SMALL TOWN
IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT
THE FULFILLMENT OF THE PROMISE BECAME FLESH
HE DID NOT ARRIVE AS A WARRIOR, A KING, OR A HERO
THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD ARRIVED
AS A CHILD
GOD’S PRESENCE ARRIVED GENTLE AND SMALL
LIKE A WHISPER
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JESUS DID NOT ARRIVE IN THE WAY WE EXPECTED
HE WAS BORN INTO HUMBLE CIRCUMSTANCES
SON OF A HEAVENLY FATHER
BORN TO A VIRGIN MOTHER
HE ARRIVED NOT TO SIT AT THE TABLE OF THE PRIVILEGED OR THE ENTITLED
HE CAME TO VISIT THE HOME OF THE OUTCAST
HE STOOD WITH THE OPPRESSED AND HEALED THE SICK
JESUS IS THE GIFT WE CAN NOT EARN
HIS GRACE, THE GIFT WE DO NOT DESERVE
BUT HE GIVES IT FREELY
HE SEES YOU
HE CHOOSES YOU
HE KNOWS YOUR STORY AND HE KNOWS YOUR NAME
NOMATTER WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
HIS LOVE FOR YOU IS JUST THE SAME
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YOU MAY NOT HAVE SEEN GOD IN THE WAY YOU EXPECTED
BUT IN THIS MOMENT
LISTEN
HE IS WHISPERING TO YOU
– He whispers because He is close. He is near to the one who will reach out to Him by faith.
Eyes Of A Lion 
Thank you. Love is the whispering of His Spirit in your heart. Gentle in Truth and joy is our Lord of Love. Amen. In the quiet of the dawn. Love sings to you. Sings to win your heart. Sings to win your Love. In the quiet of the dawn. His awakening Light rises to Love you. His heart calls you into the beauty of His Love. In the quiet of the dawn. He finds you waiting. Finds His Lover. Touches the passion of Your heart. In the quiet of the dawn. Romance whispers of a longing Love. A Love that is yours alone. A Love that came for you. A Love that found your heart. In the quiet of the dawn.
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