DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- HEARING GOD'S VOICE

DAD'S RAMBLINGS – HEARING GOD'S VOICE

"God, who at various times and in various was spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds." (Hebrews 1:1-2)

God is not silent. He has spoken if we will have hearts to hear Him. The writer to the Hebrews, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, mentions three ways that God has spoken.

One is Creation – "He made the worlds." The handiwork of God screams to us about Him. The order, complexity, and uniformity of its laws declare that there is a God Who put everything in place. As the Psalmist wrote, "The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament shows His handiwork" (Psalm 19:1). I would not presume to call anyone a fool, but the Bible does. It declares that "The fool has said in his heart there is no God" (Psalm 14:1). A fool is a person who is aware of the evidence, but chooses to reject the evidence to believe his own ideas. Anyone who sees the evidence of the Creator in Creation but chooses to reject it is a fool. Oops! I said it!!!

Another way God speaks is through language, either oral or written. God spoke to his Creation through the ancient prophets. Sadly, they were also often rejected and their messages dismissed because people did not want to hear what God says. We have the written Word of the prophets who spoke God's Word.

A third revelation is the Lord Jesus Christ. God wanted to communicate Himself to humans so desperately that He came down to this earth to be a part of Creation. John records that "The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14). In the same context, John wrote, "No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him" (John 1:18). Again, sadly, people rejected God's voice. "He came to His own but His own did not receive Him" (John 1:11). The Word came to His own people, the Jews, and to humanity which He created, and they rejected Him.

If people do not hear God speak, it is because they choose not to hear. They have closed their hearts, minds, and ears to His voice. He has spoken loud and clear. The greatest message of God is that He loves us and wants us to spend eternity with Him. As the Bible says: "He who has ears to hear, let him hear" (Matthew 11:15; Revelation 2:7 et al).

Love, Dad