וַיֹּ֩אמֶר֩ קַנֹּ֨א קִנֵּ֜אתִי לַיהֹוָ֣ה ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י צְבָא֗וֹת כִּֽי־עָזְב֤וּ בְרִֽיתְךָ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתֶ֣יךָ הָרָ֔סוּ וְאֶת־נְבִיאֶ֖יךָ הָרְג֣וּ בֶחָ֑רֶב וָאִוָּתֵ֤ר אֲנִי֙ לְבַדִּ֔י וַיְבַקְשׁ֥וּ אֶת־נַפְשִׁ֖י לְקַחְתָּֽהּ׃
He replied, “I am moved by zeal for the ETERNAL, the G-d of Hosts, for the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and put Your prophets to the sword. I alone am left, and they are out to take my life.”
1 Kings 19:10
There are moments when you wonder:
Am I the only one who still seeks Hashem? Am I the only one who takes His truth seriously?
This feeling is not new. The great prophet Eliyahu HaNavi felt it too.
He had just witnessed a miracle on Mount Carmel, fire from Heaven, the people proclaiming: “Hashem is G-d!”
But soon after, everything fell silent again. The rulers returned to idolatry. Queen Jezebel put a bounty on his head.
And the people? They said nothing.
Eliyahu fled into the wilderness. Exhausted. Alone.
He cried out to Hashem: “They have forsaken Your covenant. Torn down Your altars. Killed Your prophets. I alone am left.”
A mirror of our time?
Times have changed, but the core battle remains the same.
A struggle over truth, loyalty, and moral clarity.
We live in a world where Hashem is often forgotten, ignored, or even rejected.
Where voices of truth are silenced or mocked.
Where Torah values are dismissed as outdated, and divine commandments are labeled as “extreme.”
Modern idolatry no longer bows before statues, but the altars are still there:
Wealth, pleasure, Technology and the glorification of self.
For those who seek to live in truth, whether Jewish or Bnei Noach,
it can feel like standing alone against a tide of confusion.
Like a whisper in a storm.
Not in the fire… but in the silence
When Elijah pours out his heart, Hashem responds. Not with thunder or wrath, but with a lesson.
He calls Elijah to stand on the mountain. A wind comes, fierce and tearing rocks.
Then an earthquake. Then fire.
But Hashem was not in the wind… not in the earthquake… not in the fire.
And after the fire there was a still, small voice..
1 Kings 19:12 קול דממה דקה “kol demama daka”
Hashem's voice is not found in noise or spectacle, but in silence.
In the quiet where the heart can finally listen.
In stillness, Hashem speaks.
What can we learn today?
- 1. Remain faithful, even when you feel alone.
You're not truly alone. Later, Hashem tells Elijah:
“I have preserved 7,000 who have not bowed to Baal.”
Even today, righteous souls, Jewish and non-Jewish, quietly seek the truth.
- 2. Seek Hashem in silence.
Not in media noise, not in public opinion, not in fleeting trends,
but in prayer, in Torah study, in the stillness of your soul.
- 3. Do not be discouraged.
Even when the world strays, the truth of Torah remains unshaken.
The darker the night, the brighter a single flame.
- 4. You are a voice in the wilderness.
You don’t need to be loud or famous.
Your humility, your integrity, your quiet love for Hashem — these are powerful testimonies.
Growing in Silence
The spirit of Elijah lives on — not in fireworks, but in the “still small voice.”.
Just as Hashem reached out to Elijah to strengthen his mission, He reaches out to us as well.
We are called to grow, not with noise or fanfare, but with quiet dedication.
In a world full of shouting, faithful silence is a form of holy resistance.May we all learn to hear the whisper of truth.
And may our silent devotion bring light into a world hungry for meaning.
Written by Sarah Bakker
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