Brothers and sisters,
The Knoxville New-Sentinel recently quoted a Knoxville minister praying that God is known “…most profoundly in unspoken silence,” While there were other things the minister said in his prayer that troubled me, this statement bothered me most.
It makes no sense.
How can we ever know anyone who is silent?
Most of all God!?
Friends, God has spoken. Hebrews 1:1-2 says:
“Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.”
God has graciously revealed Himself to us. He has given us His Scriptures and, most of all, He has given us His Son, Jesus Christ, who “…is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature” (Hebrews 1:3), and who said, “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9).
If we search for God in the “unspoken silence” we will not find Him. Instead, we will find only the vain imaginings of our own selfish hearts. Do not be suckered in by a vague “spirituality,” which will only lead you away from Him.
If you would know God then look to Jesus Christ.
Blessings in Christ,
David
