– Scripture:

                    God Speaks, To Us

“I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd puts the sheep before himself and sacrifices himself if necessary.
My sheep recognize my voice.

                    John 10:11, 27 MSG

– Reflection:

God’s had direct, personal, reciprocally communicative relationships with many men. Abraham, Moses, Gideon, David, Paul. What about you and me, though?

Many of us, to the extent we think about it at all, assume those guys were unique, different from us. And so, we decide God probably wants a different type of relationship—more indirect, impersonal, and non-reciprocal go to church, read the Bible a bit, and get on with our lives. That would mean, though, that God’s purpose in bringing us stories of these men was to simply demonstrate something unattainable—a divine taunt of sorts. It would reveal a desire to impress upon us how extraordinary were his Biblical supermen, so we’d gaze upon them and wonder why he created us so. un-super.

Where do we go from here?

Begin to open your mind, people. God wants to speak to you directly to you. In Scripture, he spoke with his own audible voice; through dreams and visions; through intermediaries, such as angels and other human beings; and directly into thoughts, using his “still, small voice.” While the others are admittedly rare, using people as his intermediaries and using his still, small voice is pretty common.

Our Prayer for Today

Father, thank you for allowing us a relationship with you and giving us the visions that we need to have the necessary conversation to follow your message and get it out to the world for the path we each are walking. We are not on the same path; some are doing other things while we are some to work together. I know you will bring everything to fruition in your time, and we are truly grateful. Amen.