“His whisper is gentle, but nothing is more powerful.”

A thought by Mark Batterson from his book, Whisper: How to Hear the Voice of God (p. 9). The Crown Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

God can and does use different ways to speak to us and one of them is a whisper.

Mark says, “My dictionary defines whisper as ‘speaking very softly using one’s breath without one’s vocal cords. The use of breath instead of vocal cords is significant. Isn’t that how God created Adam? He whispered into the dust and named it Adam. Adam was once a whisper. So were you. So was everything else.”

He goes on, “Whispering is typically employed for the sake of secrecy. No form of communication is more intimate. And it seems to be God’s preferred method… When someone speaks in a whisper, you have to get very close to hear. In fact, you have to put your ear near the person’s mouth. We lean toward a whisper, and that’s what God wants. The goal of hearing the heavenly Father’s voice isn’t just hearing His voice; it’s intimacy with Him. That’s why He speaks in a whisper. He wants to be as close to us as is divinely possible! He loves us, likes us, that much.”

Mark then says, “When our children were young, I would occasionally play a little trick on them. I’d speak in a whisper so they would inch closer to me. That’s when I’d grab them and hug them. God plays the same trick on us. We want to hear what He has to say, but He wants us to know how much He loves us.”

Maybe we need to stop and see if some of the things that happen to us are God’s way of getting our attention and to bring us closer to him so that he can whisper to us and show us that he really, really loves us. 

So, will you draw closer to him and be quiet so he can whisper to you that he loves you?