"Forces concealed in quiet people and plants."

I'm towards the end of reading the Old Testament in The Message version which has given me the most meaning and understanding I have ever gotten from reading the Old Testament. Eugene Peterson has written an overview/introduction to each book of the Bible and they are each brilliant! In his introduction to Nahum he writes:

Larger-than-life figures appear on this stage from time to time, swaggering about, brandishing weapons and money, terrorizing and bullying. The figures are not, as they suppose themselves to be, at the center of the stage--not, in fact anywhere near the center. . . The danger is that the noise of these pretenders to power will distract us from what is going on quietly at the center of the stage in the person and action of God. God's characteristic way of working is in quietness and through prayer. "I speak," says poet George Meredith, "of the unremarked forces that split the heart and make the pavement toss-- forces concealed in quiet people and plants." If we are conditioned to respond to noise and size, we will miss God's word and action. 

This is indeed what happened in the narrative of Nahum and I deeply believe is happening in our world today. Let's yearn for the "forces concealed in quiet people and plants." This is where HIS SPIRIT is at work today. Join me in seeking it.