Almighty God, whose presence the world cannot contain, let us not be distracted by those things that are not of you, that our attention would not be swayed to the great and powerful and exciting but able to set such things aside and be attentive to your voice and your presence and able to hear what you are saying, through Jesus Christ our teacher, who spoke to the world what he heard you saying in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
‘He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.” Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind, and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake, and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire, and after the fire a sound of sheer silence.’ – 1 Kings 19:11-12