In the Book of First Kings Elijah took shelter from the storms which beat him about. It was then from the tiny whispering sound that he came to hear the voice of God to which he responded to. In our Gospel from Matthew a storm came and beat about the boat which held the disciples. Christ then came to give peace unto them. Saint Peter then came to Him walking upon the water, but he took His sight off of Christ and he began to sink.
Indeed we must foster within ourselves this reality. We must keep our sight firmly placed upon Jesus Christ and we must allow ourselves to enter into the silence of prayer.
Before this storm brought chaos into the life of the disciples we notice that Christ went away by Himself in order to pray. By this action He is pointing out to us what we must do in order to bring this calmness into our life despite the many storms which may beat us about. It is through the silence of prayer that we come to discover Christ and to hear the tiny whisper of God. Due to the noise of this world it is so easy for us to miss this tiny whisper and thus begin to get caught up in the chaos of the storm as we remove our sight from Christ.
The storms of this life are vast. They are the storms of doubt and despair. They are the storms of unending noise. They are the storms that cause confusion to drift in and overtake our life. They are the storms of violence and uncertainty. They are the storms that cause us to question our self worth. These storms are constantly at work within our life and all that they do is pull us away from placing our trust in the Lord and thus allowing ourself to enter into the silence of prayer in order that we may begin to hear the voice of God.
We must dare to make Christ our guide and thus be willing to silence these storms at work within our life by going away in order to pray. We must direct our sight towards Christ in order that we may allow Him to invite peace into our life in order that these storms may be silenced. We learn that despite the noise that is at work within this world that we must be willing to take the time in order to foster the importance of silence in order that we may come to hear the same tiny whisper of the voice of God which was heard by Elijah.
As we embark upon this week may we do so by keeping our sight placed upon Christ and thus may we remain open to hearing the voice of God which is made manifest within our life.
