Have You Heard Him Speak?

Have You Heard Him Speak?


Happy are people of integrity, who follow the law of the Lord. Happy are those who obey his decrees and search for Him with all their hearts.
Psalm 119:1-2 NEW LIVING TRANSLATION


I was in a Bible study group once where one of the members suggested the Old Testament was no longer necessary to read, or live by because of Grace. - Do you agree?

Here is another scenario: I was speaking with another believer and asked if she had a favorite piece of scripture. She told me, “Oh, I don’t read the Bible. I follow God in my own way.” - Do you agree?

I am not questioning either person’s salvation, but don’t you think they are losing out? When they ignore the Old Testament and “follow God in their own way” they are missing out on one VERY important thing; What God wants to say! Think about being in a relationship where someone else does all the talking and asking for favors, but you never get to say anything. You never get to say the words, “I love you.” You never get to tell them your pet peeves. You never get to correct them when they are wrong or praise them for a job well done. Well, that is the sort of relationship the aforementioned have with God. How do you think God feels about that? When someone says they have their own way or God’s First Testament and revelation of himself is irrelevant; that’s like saying you know better than God, what God wants from us. Ignoring God’s First Testament of himself is certainly ignoring his promises, his heart and our own history.

I know the popular thing nowadays is to be a nonconformist. But, we believers do not live by the whims and trends of others, we live by faith, and faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is through the word of Christ (Romans 10:17).

In Psalm 119:1-2, the anonymous author suggests that there are a lot of depressed people walking around, but they just don’t know it. He or she says true happiness comes from being submerged in God’s word, God’s law and in God Himself. God speaks to us not only from the randomness of our minds and from the pulpit, but from His word of truth. Compassion is spoken in the word. Jesus speaks from the word; indeed, he is The Word (John 1:1).

How can you possibly know God, and you have yet to hear him speak?