Still Speaking

Every day is filled with the possibility that God will speak to us, or reveal Himself to us in some way.  It is strange that so many times we live with no expectations of such happening.  We get lulled into a world view which affirms that while God did reveal Himself in the Biblical story, such can no longer be expected.  Times have changed.  The kind of manifestations of God in the world were necessary in a  primitive culture which ours is not.  Such is the thinking of so many in our day.    

Even though it is the thinking of many people in our day, even those who never miss an opportunity to get in the church building when the doors are opened, there are many around us who speak of a different kind of relationship with our Creator God.  Maybe it is not necessary for everyone to see things in the same way.  And, maybe it has to do with expectations.    

Those who have no expectation of God making Himself known in their daily life may be going through their lives with eyes and ears closed to the presence and the sounds of the divine all around them.  It is easy to remember Jesus saying, "Let anyone with ears to hear listen.!"  (Mark 4:9)  Of course, we have no special ears other than those inner ears that are open to divine possibilities in every moment.  What Jesus is saying is that those who live with such expectations will find those expectations becoming reality.