How Does God Speak?

Dear reader, the following is a documented conversation between the God of All Creation.

Dear God, I know you can hear me

I’ve been told you’re always there

Yet right now, here in this moment

I don’t feel you at all

Do you even care?

Do you hear your people cry out?

Do you like how we suffer each day?

God, you’re just up there watching us

Drinking, killing, and slitting our wrists

Hoping that something would finally take all this pain away

I can’t take it God,

This life, it’s too heavy to bear

All that I am is a broken man here

With a tattered old book and a bunch of angry prayers

God I need you to respond – Yeah

I know that’s what we all say

But if you’re truly a good father like it says in your word

Could you please speak to me today somehow,

In your own special way?

Dear Son, you are loved, I wanted to begin with that

Everything else that you will hear

From here on out will point you back

To that undeniable fact

Of course I am here, I’ve always been right by your side

Even in those trials and dark chapters you strive to hide

In every moment, Buddy, I never left.

All those prayers you thought that just hit the ceiling

I heard every last one of them, and just like you I wept

Yes I know all about the pain, the brokenness, the sin

That’s down there on the earth

Just like you said, I do watch it everyday

But here’s the thing it gets better from here on out, not worse

You say you can’t take this life anymore

Good, that’s because I‘ve called you into something new

I see your brokenness, your tattered Bible and angry prayers

I actually don’t ignore you

So please, Son, let’s talk

Open up your heart and lay it out on the table

I’ve always been here listening every minute of everyday

Surprisingly enough, I always respond to those who are willing and able

Dear God, I can’t say I’m not shocked

After years of being on my knees

And worshipping through the night

What changed to make you respond to me tonight?

Did I make you mad or ticked off?

Did you just have a change of heart?

But now that I do have your attention

Do you have any wisdom in which you are willing to part?

With everything that’s happening down here on the world you made

Could you at least lend a hand to me

And guide me through this treacherous maze?

God you’ve been so quiet all this time

Why have you been hiding from me?

Have you been too busy, have you been elsewhere

Or is it just my sin that decimates such amazing intimacy?

I don’t want to take this moment for granted

I’m actually hearing you speak; it feels face to face

So whatever I need to hear please don’t hold anything back

Prophesy over me here in this space

Dear Son, I won’t always talk to you this way

But if you truly trusted me, you could look around

See all that I do, and know in your heart

That not everything in this life you will ever fully understand

I’ve never changed or altered over the ages

As the Alpha and Omega You’ve been known and marked as mine

Please know this, There’s nothing that you could ever do

That could make me think you were ever a waste of my time

I’ve given you three things that will guide you through strife

My word forever true, my spirit like the wind

And constant communication with me

A father, who dearly loves you so much more than His own son’s life

I can guarantee you I am not quiet

Although that’s how my children hear me most days

With all the noise and distractions scattered in your life I’ll say this

As the Lord I can and do communicate with you in so many different ways.

If you want wisdom listen closely son

Please Be Still, and let me be God

Abide in me, and our desires will begin to align

And you will begin to hear my voice at all times

Dear God, I do trust you

I know that you are good

You give blessings and wisdom forevermore

Just as a perfect and heavenly father should

Thank you for reminding me that I am known and loved

Somedays as I walk around on this earth

I’m sure we both know

That the enemy and his demons they crush my heart and self-worth

But you call me your son

You say that I am forgiven and freed – and

Any of the lies and fiery darts that come my way throughout the day

Will forever be redeemed

I will continue to have these questions for all three of you

Of this I am certain

I now know you will all answer me as long as I am open

I will reach out next to the son

I think we both know that this conversation has only just begun

Thank you for this time Father God, I don’t take this lightly.

Don’t let me forget this gift that you’ve blessed me with tonight

My prayer in this moment I hope you would not let it go amiss

Would you please go and talk with all your children just like this?

Dear son, before you go please hear my heart

This was not a one-night stand

Don’t let this become a distant thought

Our intimate relationship will never easily come undone or apart

I urge you to talk with the Spirit and Son

They both are at your door even now

Will you let them in?

As soon as you do I’m sure they’ll surprise you

Please allow the radical heart surgery they provide to begin

Continue to ask all these questions

How else will you ever learn?

Your path is a narrow one

With many twists and insanely difficult turns

Lean on me each day you cannot go at it alone

Dependence on me includes scary ingredients

Surrender and taking up your cross daily

Are not your everyday common commitments

We will speak soon of this I am sure

When you live by faith and not by sight as my children do

You will live a fuller and radical life compared to some

As for talking to my children this way,

Son

I always have ever since time has begun.