Still Small Voice

I climbed up to the mountain with a question I couldn't shakeMy family needed answers, I didn't know which road to takeSo I stood up on the summit and I shouted to the skyBegged the Lord to tell me which way, with the wind stingin' my eyes

Then a great wind tore the mountain, split the rocks down to the stoneThen the ground began to tremble, then the fire lit the nightWind and quake and fire — and He wasn't in a one

Then came a still small voiceQuiet as a prayerIt didn't shake the mountainBut it found me standin' thereAnd it pierced right through the centerOf every doubt and every fearSaid, "Son, I never left youYou just couldn't hear"

Now I come home to the thunder of a world that never sleepsScreens that never quiet down and noise that runs so deepEvery voice is shoutin' louder, tellin' me just what to doAnd I've learned the loudest voice is rarely the one that's true

So I shut the door and bend my knee the way the Master saidTurn off every shoutin' voice and open up the Book insteadAnd I wait there in the stillness till I hear Him in my head

Then came a still small voiceQuiet as a prayerIt didn't shake the mountainBut it found me standin' thereAnd it pierced right through the centerOf every doubt and every fearSaid, "Son, I never left youYou just couldn't hear"

He won't shout above the thunder, He won't fight the world for roomHe just waits for you to quiet down, like dawn waits out the gloomHe will not share a house with sin, so I confess and clear the way'Cause a man gone past all feelin' won't hear a word He'd sayAnd when there ain't no answer yet, He'll sit there in the dark with youThat's why they call Him Comforter — that's part of what He'll doHe speaks it to your mind, and He speaks it to your heartAnd it comes with a peace the world can't give or pull apart

Then came a still small voiceQuiet as a prayerIt didn't shake the mountainBut it found me standin' thereAnd it told me which way home wasClear as mornin' lightAnd I walked down off that mountainKnowin' which road was right

The world can keep its thunderLet it roll and let it roarI'll be listenin' for the whisperLike I never have beforeSo be still, and know He is GodHe ain't never left at allShut the door and quiet downAnd you'll hear Him when He calls