May 14 | Thu | VOX DEI |

Faith – VOX DEI – LIGHT; seeing divine word |

God’s voice can be soft or loud.  Its volume is not commensurate with his immensity.  He can shout and the ant hears, is not injured, and says “Amen”. God designed people with the capacity to see his word.

By faith we understand that the world has been created by the word of God so that what is seen has not been made out of things that are visible. (Heb 11:3)

Hope – VOX DEI – LIGHT; trusting utterance |

Having a strong attachment to imminent change does not necessarily yield the desired fruit. The wicked and the strong have hopes but their expectations fizzle

When a wicked person dies, his expectation will perish, And the hope of strong people perishes. (Pro 11:7)

The news cycle seems to point to worsening conditions and no relief on the horizon.  God predicted this very scenario, but the people who are suffering see light flooding into their tunnels.

For the needy will not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever. (Psa 9:18)

Love – VOX DEI – LIGHT; embracing echo |

Once a person hears God’s word he is unlikely to unhear it.  God’s word carries life to the dead.  If we follow the oldest revelation of the  voice of God we see too that it brings light where there is darkness.  The dramatic nature of the encounter with God’s voice ensures that people keep hearing it and this repeat – the echoing of the voice in people’s minds – is one way the listener keeps his joy full.

Death – VOX DEI – LIGHT; becoming final word |

You must have been to a meeting where you could not wait for the end to come, so that when the vote for adjournment arises you finally breathe a sigh of relief. An adjournment vote cannot be discussed.  The last word has a unique profile. What Christ, on the cross, said had come to an end was final, and needed no spin. The cross is final and fully effective.  What he came to do was accomplished.