[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"reading-1003":3},"OCTOBER 3\r\nAnd after the earthquake a fire; and after the fire a sound of gentle stillness (1 Kings 19:12-R. V, margin).\r\nA soul, who made rapid progress in her understanding of the Lord, was once asked the secret of her easy advancement She replied   tersely, \"Mind the checks. \" And the reason that many of us do not know and better understand Him is, we do not give heed to His\r\ngentle checks, His delicate restraints and constraints. His is a still, small voice. A still voice can hardly be heard. It must be\r\nfelt A steady, gentle pressure upon the heart and mind like the\r\ntouch of a morning zephyr in your hear( but if heeded growing\r\nnoiselessly clearer to your inner ear. His voice is for the ear of\r\nlove, and love is intent upon hearing even faintest whispers. There\r\ncomes a time also when love ceases to speak if not responded to, or\r\nbelieved in. He is love, and if you would know Him and His voice,\r\ngive constant ear to His gentle touches. In conversation, when\r\nabout to utter some word, give heed to that gentle voice, mind the\r\ncheck and refrain from speech. When about to pursue some course that seems all clear and right and there comes quietly to your\r\nspirit a suggestion that has in it the force almost of a\r\nconviction, give heed, even if changed plans seem highest folly\r\nfrom standpoint of human wisdom. Learn also to wait on God for the unfolding of His will. Let God form your plans about everything in\r\nyour mind and heart and then let Him execute them. Do not possess any wisdom of your own. For many times His execution will seem so contradictory to the plan He gave. He will seem to work against\r\nHimself. Simply listen, obey and trust God even when it seems\r\n\r\nhighest folly so to do. He will in the end make \"all things work\r\ntogether,\" but so many times in the appearance of the outworking of His plans,\r\nIn His own world He is content To play a losing game.\r\nSo if you would know His voice, never consider results or possible\r\neffects. Obey even when He asks you to move in the dark. He Himself will be gloriously fight in you. And there will spring up rapidly\r\nin your heart an acquaintanceship and a fellowship with God which will be overpowering in itself to holy you and Him together, even\r\nin severest testings and under most terrible pressures. --Way of Faith.",1783499793910]