Whispers

There are times when I feel overwhelmed!

And today is one of those days. In fact, when I think about it, overwhelmed is the way I live. That is, when I think about it.

Problem is, I don’t think about it much. I just accept it as a part of life. Yet in the midst of this overspent state, I can’t help feeling that someone, somewhere is trying to reach me.

I go for a morning jog and process the needs of the day. What goals should I set for today?

What calls do I need to return?

To what letters do I need to respond?

Email…the great abyss…the black hole that swallows all light…along with my limited time.

A glimpse at the morning paper brings more. I’m use to it, so I overlook the thousands of ads ingeniously mastered by creative marketing teams from New York to L.A. – with me in mind no less.

You need this…you need that.

Massive clearance…you can’t afford to miss this!

Zero percent financing…for a limited time.

Come now…don’t miss out.

The morning commute brings cries for attention!

The radio blasts news…stay tuned…weather, traffic. latest gossip…

More ads…more invitations to come and dine at the table of want.

Yes indeed…someone somewhere is trying to reach me...

I sit in the stillness of a quite early morning office. I know it won’t last long.

Phone rings…they’ve found me!

Cell phone chirps an incoming text…email sounds the arrival of another message adding to the pile.

Again a text arrives. “Where are you?”

“Hiding”…

Sound familiar? Have the extreme demands and pace of your life got you looking for escape? Has your daily schedule bound you hostage to the lifestyle of urgency? Are you weary? Have you attained so much only to find yourself needing more?

Finding this world a little LOUD?

Is it clamoring, begging, barking for your attention?

Me too!

but do I have news for you...

Someone somewhere is trying to reach you.

That’s right…

From the moment your day began God has been whispering your name.

Gently, quietly, lovingly…

Like a Father whispers his blessing in the ear of his newborn…God has been seeking you out.

He’s calling even now.

And He’s offering you something.

Something far greater than all this world can afford. Something more wonderful than you can imagine…farther, higher, greater.

He offers…Himself.

The One who is uncreated…untethured by time…unequalled…unparallel… has chosen to conceal His treasure within temporal jars of clay. The Creator God (Elohim) saved His most mysterious act for an unsuspicious moment that echoes still.

Reach up…and place your hand on the heart that pounds life within your chest. Take a deep breath…and ponder the possibility that right there, in the hidden depths of your physical being…is housed a treasure so priceless, so precious to ignite a war between heaven and hell for it’s attention…possession…redemption.

God has hidden Himself in you…so that you can be hidden in Him.

A tiny spark lies dormant within the depths of your soul. It longs to be awakened and to explore. To live. To reach…to touch…the face of God.

Amazingly enough…you won’t have to reach far.

He’s right here.

But the journey…will be far reaching.

It begins now…should you choose. God is speaking in many ways easily accessible to us. Problem is…we’re not listening. The lives we’ve chosen have ambushed our ability to see and hear our creator. Our schedules have relegated Him and our choices have made him irrelevant. Enough time has been spent aboard vehicles of our own making….transporting us to distant lands of weariness, hopelessness, and ultimate emptiness.

But he’s never stopped calling…inviting…offering.

Having a hard time hearing Him? Wandering if he’s still there?

Let me assure you…or better yet, let Him assure you –

The Lord god is in your midst, a mighty one who will save;

He will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you with his love;

He will exult over you with singing

Zephaniah 3:17

Feeling overwhelmed? Things a little loud? I’ve got news for you –

God is in your midst…and He’s calling you by name.

Let’s answer…let’s explore.

Let’s delve deep…and ask the hard questions that birth the quest for God.

Let’s start at the beginning…and find our way back to God.

There’s a whisper on the wind