A still small voice 柔聲呼喚（列王記上19：12）

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A still small voice 柔聲呼喚（列王記上19：12）

圖片說明： Elijah
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“And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.” (1Kings 19:12)

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先知以利亞為主熱心，但他時而會遭受挫折。他受以色列王后耶洗別迫害，懼怕地躲到了山洞里過夜。耶和華找到他后，叫他出來站在山上等耶和華經過。于是，以利亞站在山上：烈風大作，崩山碎石，耶和華卻不在風中；風后地震，耶和華卻不在其中；震后有火，耶和華也不在火中。火後，傳來耶和華微弱的聲音：“以利亞阿，你在這里做什麼。”（列王記上-合和本）這章的作者告訴我們，當我們在尋求耶和華的指引時，他不一定會在閃電或我們料想的大事件中出現，反而會在我們耳邊低語呢喃，那往往是耶和華的小聲指引。

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