Words

I have been fortunate.  At several points in my life, actually far more than I realized at the time, friends have been willing to be God’s voice in my life.  There is something wonderful, unique, and frightening when it happens. 
 
I vividly remember an incident around 6:30 on a Sunday morning as I drove with a friend to play racquetball.  We didn’t know each other well enough to delve into our personal lives, or so I thought.  His words began with, “I feel compelled to confront you about…”  I knew instantly it was the Spirit confronting me.  I had known of the issue for some time, yet I had not, would not, perhaps could not deal with it.  As God’s voice filled the car and my heart I knew my life and relationships would pivot on my response. 
 
I didn’t realize at the time how God would, again and again, choose to talk to me through people I was open to.  In a new church in London God’s voice came again, confront, calling, and comforting me when I needed it most.  Later in a dusty airport, a devout Hindu again called me home to God.  As I look back, I can see God speaking in way and places I never anticipated, couldn’t have imagined, and often did not consider possible.  I am convinced God spoke then.  I also believe God speaks now to you and me.
 
Some believe as in times past that God only communicates through intermediaries.  People would often go looking for a word; “King Hezekiah's servants came to Isaiah.  Isaiah said, ‘Tell your master this: ‘God's Message: Don't be upset by what you've heard, all those words the servants of the Assyrian king have used to mock me.  I personally will take care of him.  I'll arrange it so that he'll get a rumor of bad news back home and rush home to take care of it.  And he'll die there.  Killed—a violent death.’’”  (Isaiah 37.5-7)
 
God’s voice is alive – in your life and mine.  We can hear, experience, live Divinity’s words.