“God doesn't talk to me anymore,”
she confessed to her Bible study. She felt ashamed, this mother of
two, married to a ministry man.
“I just feel like we've been spending
our lives waiting for God to say something.” Her Wednesday night
group responded in kind, several sharing their own stories of divine
silence.
Is God really so silent? I mean, there
were those 400 years between Malachi and Matthew: no prophets or
miracles that we know of.
Where was God? God was there. God is
here.
And though the Lord give you the
bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will
not hide himself anymore, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. And
your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way,
walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the
left.
--Isaiah 30:20-21
For his invisible attributes,
namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly
perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that
have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew
God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they
became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were
darkened.
--Romans 1:20-21
God does speak,
the thing is, are we always listening?
I doubt anything's
really complicated. Complicated things are really simple things
wrapped in disappointment and excuses.
If you haven't
ever heard from God or haven't heard from Him in while, I encourage
you in these 3 simple things:
- Prayer
- Silence
- Reading Scripture
My prayer is we
would be like ball players after a shot's been thrown up,
energetically awaiting what may come down.
May we be so
vigilant.
In Him,
Jean-Marc
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