Daily Reading
Daily Reflection
The subject of this passage is scripture. Jesus is saying God is a God who speaks and this God who speaks gives us his testimony through the written word of Scripture.
We yearn for a God who speaks. Jesus says there is a God who speaks and if you want to have a relationship with him and his people, you need to look at the bible in a particular way. You need to see the Bible as communication from God and not as mere writings about God. That is what is required to have a relationship with God.
What do you need to have a relationship with someone? Regular conversations. Knowledge about who they are, their family, background, values, hopes, and dreams. We would desire that they know the same things about us. As these things become known, a relationship is developed and nurtured.
If there was someone you had never met but you knew about them because you had read their biography or studied their work you might get to the place where you respect them. You might even get to the place where you want to imitate them. You may even have a desire to meet them, but none of those things give you a personal relationship. As long as you are just hearing things about them there is no personal relationship. The Bible is unique in that it not only tells of the relationship God had with his people and the plans he had for them, but the Bible also tells us our story. The Bible is not only about God it is from God and it is relationally intense. The essence of the Christian life is a relationship with God and his people based upon real communion with God. The scriptures, if we engage with them, will not only reveal God to us, but will nurture our relationship to flourishing. Are you ready for a real relationship with God? Are you willing to engage and nurture your relationship by reading his word to you? If so, get ready to encounter God.
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