Always Speaking

The truth is God does not depend on our spiritual positioning to speak to us.  Is it not possible that He is speaking much more than we are hearing?  Could it not be true that we are missing what is there for us to hear simply because we are not listening?  Samuel was certainly not listening for the Voice of God when he settled in for the night.  Neither was Moses figuring on hearing a sending Word from God when his curiosity led him to the burning bush.  As we turn the pages of the story we run into Jonah who had no interest in hearing what God had to say and Jeremiah really did not want to be repeating what God was saying to him.

 

Is it not possible that the world is full of the Voice of God, but no one is listening?  Could it be that we are one of those guilty of not listening to the Voice that is speaking, but not being heard?  Could it be we do not really want to hear? It is easy for us to relegate God's speaking to the pages of the written Word.  Of course, there are some readers of the Word who would even disagree with what seems to be so basic and obvious.  But, it seems more likely that the world is full of the holy and we are so busy we miss it.  Even as we can miss what a spouse or child is saying because we are involved in something important like watching television, or checking social media, or reading the paper, so can we miss out on the divine Voice that is speaking.

 

There is no question mark when it comes to God having a speaking part in this relationship He has ordained and initiated with each one of us.  The only question mark is in the area of our hearing and listening.  Whatever it is that is deemed so important as to keep us from hearing needs to looked at again as we consider what is important about our living.  Our soul seeks God, it longs for the Voice of the One who called it into being and to be too busy to hear is such a waste of the days He is giving.