But He Was Not In The...

...homeschooling.
He was not in the family-integrated home-church.
He was not in the full quiver.
He was not in the mission trip.
He was not in the acreage.
He was not in the grain-grinding.
He was not in the bread-baking.
He was not in the modest dress.
He was not in the inductive Bible study.
He was not in the orderly conduct.
He was not in the disciplined prayer life.
Nor was He in any of the other
Virtuous--even profitable
Christian convictions that are
Everyday, lived out
In the lives of those numbered in
The Body of Christ.

He is
The Triune God.
3 Persons. One God.
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Just as God was not in
The evidences of His power
That moved mountains and stirred the wind,
He is not in the sum total of my convictions,
However good or bad they may be.
He will not be made in my image.
Or yours.
Or his.
Or hers.

He is God-Man-Savior.
He is the great I AM.

So He said, "Go forth and stand on the mountain before the LORD " And behold, the LORD was passing by! And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks 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.

After the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing.

When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave And behold, a voice came to him...

1Kings 19:11-13a