HE wants to talk to you…

a number of years ago there was a time magazine that came out with a headline that said, "GOD is dead." the next day the reporters lined up at billy graham's home and asked him, "is GOD dead, dr. graham?" he said, "are you kidding? i just talked to HIM."

any of us can talk to GOD and GOD wants to talk to you. the bible says that GOD wired you up in order to talk to you, that HE created you with the ability to tune into HIM, to hear HIM, to listen to HIM, and to talk back to HIM. it is nothing unusual, all of us can do it.

now job 33.14 (cev) says, GOD speaks in different ways, and we don't always recognize HIS voice.

job is saying the problem is not that GOD isn't talking, the problem is our perceiving. so a good question is how does GOD talk to us? and job says, GOD speaks in different ways.

one way is HIS word. this is the number one way GOD speaks.

2 timothy 3.16 & 17 (ms), every part of scripture is GOD-breathed and useful one way or another—showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live GOD's way. through the word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks GOD has for us.

notice it says that every part of scripture is GOD-breathed. that means that the bible is absolutely reliable. there is no other book in the world that is reliable like HIS book. it can be counted on. it will guide you. it will correct you. it will comfort you. it will help you.

but if you don't ever get in it, how can GOD talk to you? this is why it's so important to have a daily quiet time where you set down 5, 10, 15, 20 minutes – it doesn't matter the amount of time – and you talk to GOD in prayer and you let GOD talk to you through HIS word.

if you're not doing this on a daily basis, you're missing the number one way GOD wants to talk to you.

just a thought from the front porch…