God The Communicator

This Sunday is week two of the series, "Choice, Desire, and the Will of God. As we kicked off the series last week, my purpose was to just give us an overview of the "guidance of God" in every aspect of the Christian walk. This Sunday we are going to start peeling back the layers of understanding God's Will--and we will do so by grasping the fact that God is a God of communication; He talks to us constantly....we listen rarely. Allow me to give you just a brief snippet of this coming Sunday's challenge.

If anything is crystal clear from the Bible, it's the fact that God speaks to His people. From Adam in the Garden to John the Revelator, God speaks. The hard task for us is clearing up sinful ears, and cluttered mind to simply listen. GOD DOES SPEAK. We seem to always want a "burning bush" experience like Moses had; some miraculous sign like Moses and the Israelites received in the wilderness; an angel speaking and warning us like Lot heard; a vision/dream like Peter received. We are asking for a sign, a voice, or something. Listen to the words of Jesus as He addressed a people who constantly wanted to see God work in a way that would prove that it is really God who is speaking and working, "...Unless you people see signs and wonders, you simply will not believe" (John 4:48). Actually, Jesus was saying this in a condescending way...basically "where's your faith people?"

I like what Henry Blackaby said "The fact that God spoke to people is far more important than how He spoke." God may use the miracle of a "burning bush" experience to speak to you. But I hope we all understand that the very fact that the God of the universe sent His Son to be a Mediator between His holiness and our sinfulness, and when we embrace His Son through the work of the cross, and when we do the Holy Spirit invades us and makes our bodies His dwelling place---THAT'S A MIRACLE!! The same God that walked and talked with Adam, lit up the bush for Moses, and wrote on the wall for Daniel to interpret is the SAME God who lives in me....and He talks to me. How? "God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom He also made the world" (Hebrews 1:1-2). How does He speak to me? Through His Son who now dwells in me...I don't need a burning bush or some donkey...I have the indwelling Word in me.

Come to NP Sunday and let's unfold just how God speaks to us and moreover, let's talk about how we can best hear a "thundering, still-small voice" that is always communicating with us.