Still Small Voice!
"I alone am left a
prophet of the Lord."
1 Kings 18: 22
Even before the pandemic, surveys showed that a third of Americans
over 45 were lonely. Percentages were higher among young adults.
During COVID, the numbers became a global health crisis.
Loneliness is an epidemic, but it isn’t new. Elijah had an emotional
breakdown in 1 Kings 19, and loneliness was a factor. He felt alone
in the Northern Kingdom of Israel. He had no one with whom to pray
or talk, and no one on whom to lean. He was a solitary man, and it
unnerved him.
Yet God was with him and spoke to him in a “still small voice”
(1 Kings 19:12). The Lord fellowshipped with him and at the
right time gave him a partner in ministry, a young man
named Elisha (verse 19).
Perhaps when we feel most alone, we best hear God’s still
small voice. He talks with us and fellowships with us. In His
timing, He will provide the human companionship we need.
Tune your ears to the still small voice
of His comforting Word, which still
speaks as in the days of Elijah.
"Only God can solve the problem of loneliness. He created
us in such a way that we have an emptiness that can only
be filled by an intimate relationship with Himself."
David Jeremiah
