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Friday... He speaks in so many ways!


Friday... He speaks in so many ways! He speaks to us, to you, to me in so many ways. Yes he does.

Look at this. Psalm 19:1 says that he doesn't just speak, he proclaims. Now proclaims means to declare something one considers important with due emphasis. Verses 1-2 (NLT) says, "The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship. Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make him known." 

Some would say that he doesn't speak to me. Yes he does, day after day. I am right now looking out at God's creation and through it he is speaking to me. Yes he is. Just stop, look and listen. That's what Brother Lawrence in his book, The Practice of the Presence of God, says for us to do. Just stop, look and listen.

The Psalmist goes on. Verses 3-4 says, "They speak without a sound or word; their voice is never heard. Yes their message has gone through out the earth, and their words to all the earth."

The Amplified Bible says verse 4 this way, "Yet their voice [in quiet evidence] has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world." 

You see, God's voice is usually a quiet voice. It isn't usually the loud voice. We must stop and focus to really hear it.

I believe in the quietness of my heart that God wanted me to share this with you today. I don't know what you are going through, but he does and he speaks to us in so many different ways. But we must stop, look, and listen.

Now it does say in verse 1 that he proclaims but in order to hear we must stop and look up and then listen as "The heavens proclaim the glory of God." Yes, they do, yes they do. So if you need to hear from God, to know that he is real, to know that he is close to you even through what you are going through then just stop and look up. Just look up and let the wonder and the majesty of the sky proclaim his glory. Yes, there may be some snow coming down or some rain but God is proclaiming his glory or as The Message says it, "God's glory is on tour in the skies." Just stop and look up and listen as it proclaims the glory of God.  

Yes there are so many voices out their striving to get our attention but there is also that still, small voice that wants to speak to you. There is a reason why we have so much noise around us. The world wants to hide God's voice. But it cannot hide God's creation. So just stop, look and listen. He wants to proclaim his glory and display his craftsmanship so that day after day they will continue to speak; night after night they make him known.

Yes, he speaks in so many ways. So let's stop, look and listen. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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