Elijah is told to wait on the mountain for God to “pass by.”
On the mountain’s edge, he experiences
a
ferocious wind, an earthquake, and a fire;
God is not present there but in a “gentle whisper.”
Wrapped in awe and reverence,
Elijah enters divine communion.
God asks him again: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
Recalling his scrape with death, this one question
provokes an avalanche of questions for Elijah:
What do you value most?
What gives you meaning and purpose?
Who are you, and whose are you?
What larger story are you a part of?
God poses the most vital spiritual question
every human being must answer: What are you doing here?
Can you hear God asking you this question?
What are you doing here?
What supreme reality can claim your whole heart and
free you to live for one another, to love at any cost?
Elijah answers these questions not with words but with his life.
He has rested in the warmth of God’s loving arms.
With spirit renewed, liberated from fear,
he rededicates himself to participate in God’s saving plan for Israel.
--Sara Fairbanks, OP
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