A New Resilience - Week 3

WestGate Church Teaching

We live in a noisy world. We are inundated with noise pollution in our everyday lives. Because of population, technology, and industrialization, our world is literally louder than it’s ever been. But beyond auditory sound, and maybe more dangerously, we live with an alarming noisiness in our mental, emotional, spiritual lives. Amid the distraction of noise, what we most need is silence. We often lack resilience because we can’t hear God, and as a result, lack clarity, courage, and confidence. But we often fail to hear God, not because he isn’t speaking. We fail to hear God because we (like Elijah in the famous story in 1 Kings) expect Him to speak like a roaring wind, a thundering earthquake, or a blazing fire. We fail to hear God because there’s too much noise and our ears are unattuned to the gentle whisper. But if we do take the time to really listen - to quiet ourselves and our noisy world - we can find that God is still speaking.