One of my favourite childhood movies is ‘Muppets From Space’ where Gonzo is desperately trying to make contact with his alien family and in the process of trying to connect his repeated call is “Are you there?” His family tries all kinds of ways to communicate – from dreams of talking fish, talking sandwiches and words spelt out in his breakfast cereal…they communicate, yet it seems Gonzo just can’t hear them.
Sometimes it feels like that with God. In our passage today Jesus’ cry was…‘Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.’ (Luke 8:8) and we were reminded of three of the ways God speaks to us.
1. In creation God speaks 24/7 of His existence
Psalm 19:1-4
The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2 Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they reveal knowledge.
3 They have no speech, they use no words;
no sound is heard from them.
4 Yet their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2 Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they reveal knowledge.
3 They have no speech, they use no words;
no sound is heard from them.
4 Yet their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
2.In Jesus we see and know who God is
Hebrews 1:2 “ he has spoken to us by his Son”
Hebrews 1:2 “ he has spoken to us by his Son”
3. In the Bible we find words that are transformational and life changing
Luke 8:15 hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop
God is speaking – the question is are we listening?
This is the videoclip from Sunday…
Paul Baloche - The Same Love (Official Music Video) from integritymusic on GodTube.
LINK to the sermon here.
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