Hearing His Voice #18 - The One Year Hearing His Voice Devotional

Seek the LORD while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near.

Isaiah 55:6

Now. While God is near. That’s when we are told to call to Him; because, apparently, there are times when He can be found more readily than at other times. We generally assume that God makes Himself available to all who call on Him, and Scripture seems to indicate as much. Yet, throughout history, there have been long, dark ages of relative distance in the divine/human relationship. God can be found anytime, but He is more readily encountered when His Spirit is doing a widespread work.

In post-Pentecost Scriptures, God does not hide. The book of Acts, the New Testament letters, and Revelation all speak of God’s will being made known, of mysteries being revealed, of formerly hidden things being made manifest in the new age of the Spirit’s work. Some seeking may be required, to be sure, as when Paul tried to venture into northern Asia Minor but was forbidden by the Spirit, or when the church leaders gathered in Jerusalem to seek God’s will for Gentile believers. And some messages may be encrypted, as in the book of Revelation, which we still struggle to decipher. But, in general, God makes Himself known. He may not explain everything to us, but He directs and speaks nonetheless.

God is not silent. We are children of a very vocal Father. In this era in which the Holy Spirit inhabits all who believe, we are not left to figure things out on our own or wonder what to do next. We may need to seek diligently and persist tenaciously, but God will make His will known to us in every situation. We don’t have to speculate about whether He is near. He is. He has made Himself “findable.” The time of His presence is at hand.

Lord, Your Word tells me to “seek” and to “call.” That’s it. But I have a hard time believing the simplicity of it all. Please reward my seeking and calling quickly and decisively enough to establish this posture as a pattern in my life. Captivate me for life with the sound of Your voice.