God’s Voice
Unlike the accounts in the Old Testament – where God spoke to men on the mountain tops or shouted from the skies – we don’t hear anything in the weather forecast about a chance of God’s voice billowing from the clouds or stories of mountain climbers talking with God face to face after scaling a summit. In today’s world it almost seems as if God is silent. There are many that claim they would whole heartedly come to repentance if they just heard even a whisper from above. Much of the world refuses to follow God because they can’t see God. They want a sign – and He seems to just keep silent. Why is that? Why doesn’t God speak to us the way He once did before?
Well, in all honesty, did it make a difference? When God was speaking to Moses face to face on Mt. Sinai, weren’t the Israelites turning away from God just a stones throw down away from where Moses was standing? They were right down the mountain! They could see a great pillar of smoke and they knew that God was right there in their midst, and yet they still turned to something else.
God has given us all kinds of chance, all kinds of proof to His existence. He spoke, He blessed, He healed, He performed great miracles, He gave signs – He sent His only Son – yet somehow to the human heart that still isn’t enough. They want to hear the voice of God, even when He’s already spoken through so many things.
I tell you that the voice of God is still being spoken. He has never stopped speaking, only we don’t know how to hear. God speaks through His followers. What used to be a 3 week journey up the mountaintop is now a 3 minute (or less) prayer away. Thanks to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, God’s Spirit dwells within each and every follower that comes to know Him. (1Corinthians 6:19-20) God is speaking through your heart. His voice resides within your very being. He speaks to you, He comforts you, He hears you – only if you’d love Him and believe Him in return. Not only that, but He wishes for the rest of the world to hear His voice as well.
How can anyone hear His voice if they don’t believe – but by Christians amplifying the voice that speaks inside of them. On most music devices there is a headphone jack and there is an internal speaker. You have the option of listening to your music quietly and personally, or you have the option of sharing your music with everyone around you. Are we going to pop in the headphones to our faith and enjoy it independently or are we going to unplug those headphones and let the rest of the world hear.
The voice of God can be heard today. He speaks through those that would be His megaphone.
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