1 Kings 19:12 Wycliffe Version
11….. (And he said to Elijah, Go thou out, and stand on the mount before the Lord. And lo! the Lord then passed by, and there was a great strong wind, that turned the mountains upside-down, and broke up the stones before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind there was a great shaking; but the Lord was not in that shaking.) 12 And after the stirring is a fire; not in the fire is the Lord. And after the fire is an hissing of thin wind, or breathing softly; there is the Lord. (And after the stirring, or the shaking, there was a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire there was a hissing of the wind, as if softly breathing; and there was the Lord/and the Lord was there.)
Karen and I went to a restaurant for Breakfast. We sat down and our waitress brought us coffee. She returned and took our orders. Nothing special. Then as we talked, I felt a breeze go across my back from left to right. This breeze startled me–it was different than anything I had ever felt. The breeze was Gentle, the breeze was Sweet, the Breeze was Mighty and Powerful! I looked to my right and our waitress had just walked past behind me to the booth on my right. I looked at her and immediately I heard the Lord say, “Tell her, I said her life is not a waste!” Suddenly I was undone! I realized that the Lord was IN the breeze following her. The Lord was running, literally chasing after her! Usually when the Lord gives me a word for someone, I confirm it with Him before I give it. Not this time! I knew that I knew. The King of the Universe, The Lord of all heaven and earth, The Lord of all creation of was chasing after this young waitress. She hadn’t yet made Him Lord of her life. She hadn’t yet asked Him into her heart. Yet Here was The Lord pursuing her! I gave her the Word of the Lord as He unfolded her lifes plan He had for her. She accepted Jesus into her heart, and was filled with the Holy Spirit! Not because of anything I did. BUT because Jesus wanted her for His own! Tht morning He became her Father and she became His Daughter!
Maybe you have been thinking about accepting Jesus into your heart as your Lord and your Savior but just haven’t done it yet. OR maybe you are not in right standing with the Jesus and it is bothering you to make things right again. I can assure you, IF you are thinking about either one of these, it is because you are being pursued by The Lord Himself. Make the time to stop and turn around and say YES to Him. He isn’t judging you, He is loving you to Himself!