I was really dismayed, because I thought I had enough faith to be healed. Looking at my twisted wrist, I wondered if I would ever be normal and be able to function properly again after this wounding.
We need both kinds of revelation. We need to take in the written word of God while seeking for the Holy Spirit to speak to our hearts and bring revelation of how that word applies to us. We need daily revelation to know what God is showing us.
David and his men returned home to find that their enemies had burned down their whole town. None of their possessions or members of their families were anywhere to be found. They were devastated and wept bitterly. Some of them even started to blame David and threatened to stone him to death.
God taught Elijah that He was not in the other things—the rock shattering wind, the dreadful earthquake, or the fire. He was not in the spectacular.