Communication

George Bernard Shaw once wrote, “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” There is so much truth to this. It happens all too frequently in our disposition toward our communication with God. We give Him so little time and think that our infrequent, and often short, me-centered prayers are communicating and hearing the heart of God. I don’t want to discourage the communication you are currently employing in your life and devotion to Him, but I feel compelled to remind us that often our short one-way monologue’s short change us in getting to hear God speak back to us.
I must confess I am not certain I always want to hear what God has to say to me, it often conflicts with what I want to hear. But therein lies the crux of the whole matter. Communication is now broken down between the Lord of the Universe and myself, and it is my fault. God is not in a hurry like us, He is not despairing over time, He rules time remember? We need to slow down to hear the voice of God speaking, we need to slow down and contemplate His word. I wonder often when people tell me that they cannot understand scripture, if they’re really reading with a ready, open heart.
Lord help me today to steady myself in my conquest to be heard by you, to realize again it is much more important for me to hear you. Let my heart entertain dialogue, two-way communication, where real communication happens. The most important communication there is. For I know that if I can hear your voice, I will also be able to better communicate with those around me! Let me not take this for granted, you will not break the heavens open to stir me, you will not yell, you will not push yourself upon me. I must listen for that still small voice, after the wind, and the rain, and the fire, in the silence of the quiet of my soul, there I will hear you, and there I will gain wisdom, and wholeness, and wealth not found in this world’s riches!
Communicate with God today. Let Him know you want to hear His voice, and that you cannot live without it. And mean it! Blessings! Pastor Doyle