Dear Royalty,
Happy New Month!
The past few months of this year has taught me one thing: there’s a sacred difference between working for God and working with God. One drains you; the other transforms you.
Elijah as Seen in 1 Kings 19
Elijah gives us one of the clearest pictures of what happens when zeal for God runs ahead of rest in God. After years of confronting kings, calling down fire, and standing alone for truth, even the mighty prophet found himself hiding in a cave; exhausted, disillusioned, and ready to quit. Yet in that quiet place, God didn’t rebuke him. He invited him back into partnership.
When the wind of fear chased him into the wilderness, he sat beneath a tree and said, “It is enough, Lord.”
He had spent years doing for God, until his soul forgot what it meant to be with God.
And that’s when the Lord came, not in the earthquake, not in the fire, not even in the wind.
He came in a whisper.
The whisper doesn’t demand performance. It invites presence.
When we work for God, we carry the weight of proving something: our calling, our worth, our faithfulness.
When we work with God, we move at the pace of His presence. We partner with His heart instead of pushing toward His goals.
Working for Him says, “I must not fail.”
Working with Him says, “He cannot fail.”
The Gift of the Whisper
Elijah’s story reminds us that the whisper is the birthplace of rest.
Before God gave him a new mission, He gave him sleep and food – divine permission to recover. Because rest is not laziness; rest is alignment.
God was saying:
“Elijah, I don’t just want your strength. I want your company.”
And beloved, He says the same to you.
He doesn’t need your performance; He desires your presence.
He doesn’t demand you carry the fire every day; sometimes He just wants to sit with you in the cave until your breath steadies again.
Learning the Rhythm of Heaven
The Kingdom runs on rhythm, not rush.
Jesus never hurried, yet He finished everything the Father gave Him to do.
He lived out of divine companionship – “I only do what I see the Father doing.”
When you serve from that place, you move from pressure to partnership.
You start realizing the assignment isn’t about you proving something for God, but God revealing something through you.
So breathe.
You’re not an employee of Heaven – you’re family.
You are royalty, invited to co-rule, not just to perform.
You are called to walk with Him, not simply work for Him.
A Whisper to the Weary
If you feel like Elijah; spent, alone, misunderstood, know this: Heaven has not disqualified you.
You are not finished; you are being refocused.
God is whispering again, not to replace your zeal, but to heal it.
He’s saying:
“Come, walk with Me. Let’s do this together.”
The mantle doesn’t have to crush you when the Master carries it with you.
Dear Royalty, rest is not retreat. It’s recalibration. Work with Him, not for Him. The Kingdom was never meant to run on exhaustion, but on intimacy.
With grace and fire,
A Fellow Servant of the Whisper
Paulina Sharon Boye
December 7, 2025
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