Have Your Heard a Word from the Lord?

I am taking online classes to earn an Associates' Degree in Biblical studies. This week I began a New Testament Life of Christ class. The first weekly assignment in each class is a devotion that we are to read and then post comments. This week's devotional began as follows:

“At the time that Christ was conceived and born it had been over 400 years since the people of God had received any message from God. It is said that as the people would meet each other along the street or the pathway part of their greeting to one another would be, “Have you heard a word from the Lord?” Therefore, with the birth of Christ, the Word as John in his Gospel identifies Him, God began speaking to the people.”

My thoughts were captured by the question in their greeting… I realize the question was born out of a 400 year silence, but I wondered what would happen in our lives today if that question became part of our greeting to one another; if we kept that question at the forefront of our thoughts.

If you knew someone was going to ask you that question today:

• Would you live in expectation of hearing a Word?
• Would you listen more intently to hear that Word?
• Would you discover that you do indeed hear from the Lord more than you realized?
• Would your faith be strengthened and your heart be encouraged as we shared with one another the Word we received?

John 1:1 says, 

“In the beginning was the Word 

and the Word was with God 

and the Word was God.”

After 400 years of silence, the birth of Christ brought the Word to dwell among us. The Holy Spirit now indwells in each of us enabling us to hear the Word of the Lord as He speaks in us, and to us, and through us.

What is He saying to you?

I’m thinking of starting a new movement…don’t be surprised if the next time I see you I ask:

“Have you heard a word from the Lord?”  

‘Lena Ehlert

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