God's Word

 I think that we have lost something as a culture over the course of time due to the ongoing progress of technology.  We have forgotten and/or lost a foundational concept that was true for us from the beginning of time.  We are a people who were created to listen.  Think of the opening chapter of Genesis and how many times that it records for us the words "and God said."  God has recorded and preserved His Word.  The prophets spoke over and over again, "Thus says the Lord."  Jesus comes and John presents Him as the Logos - the eternal word.  Hebrews author reminds us that God has spoken both in times past and now, but now He has spoken to us through His perfect Word - His Son - Jesus Christ.  

But along the way, despite all of the commands of Scripture to listen, to meditate, to hear, we have become a people who instead speak.  Even though the command of James is to be quick to listen and slow to speak (James 1:19-20), we instead have been enveloped by a culture that tells us that we have to listen to no voice other than our own.  We have nothing outside of ourselves that we need and therefore any voice that is contrary to the voice of our "authentic self" is to be ignored or even shamed. 

And yet we were created to listen.  And in listening to obey.  

So the question for us as believers is this - will we train ourselves to listen to God, or will we continue to speak and in so doing shut out His voice?