In Job 38:1, God finally answers Job—not with a whisper, but out of a whirlwind. It’s a reminder that while God often uses a "still, small voice," He is also capable of using a storm to get His message across.
I experienced my own "whirlwind" recently. Last year, on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic, God woke me up in the middle of the night with a clear instruction: I needed to apologize to someone back home. I had let my "flesh" take the lead in a situation, and like Job, I had spent a lot of time justifying my own innocence.
But God wasn't letting me off the hook.
I felt a sting of sadness realizing that God had to take me all the way from Chicago to the DR just to get me to listen. As Job learned, God’s thoughts and ways are infinitely higher than ours. He loves us enough to pursue us across borders just to align our hearts with His. My goal now? To cultivate a heart posture that hears Him in Chicago, so He doesn’t have to send me to the Caribbean to get my attention.
What about you? Are you listening to the whisper, or do you need a whirlwind?