Come, Follow Me

1 Kings 17–19

Types of Personal Revelation

Elijah stood on a mountain and saw the wind break the rocks, and he felt an earthquake, “and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice” (1 Kings 19:12). Here are three of the ways that still, small voice brings revelation to us.

hand turning on a light

Sometimes personal revelation brings enlightenment immediately, like turning on a light in a dark room.

man walking through mist

Sometimes we have just enough light to take a few steps forward.

man watching a sunrise

Sometimes personal revelation comes gradually, like a sunrise.¹

“The Spirit speaks words that we feel. These feelings are gentle, a nudge to act, to do something, to say something, to respond in a certain way.”

Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “Let the Holy Spirit Guide,” Liahona, May 2017, 94.

Watch a series of videos in which various Church leaders describe how they “hear Him.”

Note

1. See David A. Bednar, “Patterns of Light: Spirit of Revelation” (video), ChurchofJesusChrist.org.