Recognizing God's voice
So why do you challenge God
to answer you?
God speaks in different ways,
and we don’t always
recognize his voice. ~ Job 33:13-14 (CEV)
They said to each other, “When he talked with us along the road and explained the Scriptures to us, didn’t it warm our hearts?” ~ Luke 24:32 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
We need to approach life with humility, accepting that we don't always understand what God is saying.
PRAYER:
Gracious God, you continue to speak your Word to us through the Bible. But even though I've studied a lot of the Bible there are lot's of times that I don't instantly recognize what you are saying. Give me the humility to accept that I can never be a full expert on your message. And grant me, too, insight so that I can embrace your Word when it seems mysterious. I want to be able to walk with you and burn with passion for your Word -- even though I don't recognize the significance of what you are saying. And that will require humility. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2011 I started posting these Bible verses for my spiritual formation students at Pacific Islands University. In the process of responding to the verses, I found the rhythm of looking for a common thread and writing a prayer based on that key idea to be helpful for my own soul. The prayers are more or less modeled on the TRIP method, which is what I ask my students to do in their journaling. ~ Brad Boydston
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase -- a freestyle biblical adaptation -- somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
