What If We Knew The Future?

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… why can’t I hear God?

The Scriptures tell me God desires a relationship with me. They tell me if I search for Him, He may be found. Even still, I skid through seasons where God seems distant, where He is vacant from that place I need Him most.

Ever been there?

Have you ever leaned into the void to hear the voice of God?

Sometimes, God is strategically silent. I’m okay with that. I rest in the knowledge that God might, for a time, hold my petitions in escrow while He seasons my soul with a deeper and more abiding trust. But such does not explain the times God is not silent, when His voice is scrambled amongst a malaise of auditory confusion. These are the times I stretch for God’s voice, yet all I hear…

…is Static!

Static is the white noise that intercepts our communion with God.

Static is not new. It is, in fact, quite ancient. If static is occupying your stretch to hear God, you are not alone. Nor does your struggle approximate your position with Jesus.

One day, those closest to Jesus pleaded with Him that He tell them the secret - the one that makes the static go away. The Gospel writer, Luke, records the conversation this way:

One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray…”

Jesus’ friends wanted to hear God.

Just like we do.

Jesus’ answer has resonated through the centuries. You might recognize His words. They have been passed down to us in what has come to be known as the Lord’s Prayer.

The Lord’s Prayer is about many things. It’s about how we view God. It’s about how we treat men. It’s about how God treats us. It is about all these, and more. Mostly, the Lord’s prayer is about communion with God.

Communion… without Static.

Luke 11

Static!

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Shh!

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Part III of ‘Teach us to number our days…’

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