The Voice

The Voice is heard faintly in the distance.  Not here, but there. Maybe a whispering, but more like far away murmuring.  Never quite clear enough for distinct sounding words.  More like the awareness of a sound.  No thundering roaring Voice like Moses heard on the holy mountain.  Nothing to cause trembling, only leaning forward to hear.  It is the Voice of must be, not the One of there it is.  Those who hear the distance soft speaking know it is Him for they have heard Him in days that have lead to the present one.    

This Voice is the One that belongs to God.  There are surely times when it is overwhelming to the ears and heart such as that moment Saul rode on the Damascus Road, but more have heard it like the old prophet Elijah who huddled fearfully in a cave.  The "sound of sheer silence" (I Kings 19:12) is how the Holy Spirit described the Voice of God as He spoke to the prophet of unfinished business.  Those who have not heard this Voice have indeed roamed too far from home; yet, even these whose ears have grown dull still belong to the One of the eternal Voice.  He never ceases calling out their names in the darkness they have chosen. 

Let no one think that they live beyond the hearing of the Holy Voice.  Let no one think that the Voice does not exist.  Let no one think the Voice is no longer spoken in their presence.  There is no corner of Creation where it does not sound forth.  It is heard here and at the ends of the earth.  When David asked, "...where can I flee from Your presence?"  (Psalm 139:7), he knew the answer.  God is present in the everywhere of Creation and from there the Voice always speaks into the here of our life.  Listen to the whispering in the distance.  It will come and be like the sound of rushing overwhelming Wind.