Entry 06 - March 5th, 2014
Operator, how may I direct your call?...or making out the pattern in
the design
Continuing with the series, here's installment number 3:
The Voice of God is Calling
We talked about sound and the way it can play a part in your
daily lives. It’s more than just sound though. There are so many voices out
there clamoring for your attention. Every one of them seems to be trying to
pull you in a different direction, but I’ll let you in on something those
voices won’t tell you – they all lead to the same place. Oh sure the path they
take to get there may be unique, and may even seem to be good and true, but the
road to hell is paved with good intentions, to borrow a common phrase. The
world is full of the honestly misled, the charlatans, and those that are truly
manipulative and unabashedly evil and they all want the same thing – for you to
go along with them and follow them, or in the very least not do anything at
all, which is the same as being carried along. There is a voice that’s
different however. It’s calling out quietly and kindly, shining a light on a
path that leads to life – the voice of my Father.
In the time that I spent on earth with my close group of
friends teaching them about my Father one of the things I really talked about
over and over again was that if they wanted to see and know my Father they just
needed to follow me. I got up early every day to spend time talking to my
Father, listening to Him, knowing His will. It was because of this that I could
tell them that if they had seen me and known me, then they had seen and known
my Father. It’s still true today. My Father’s voice is distinctive and will not
sound the same as the other voices out there doing their best to draw you away
with fanciful enticements. Those voices dangle empty promises of a more
fulfilling life if you have the right clothes, or the right car. Things will be
so much better if you hang out with just the right people, you’ll be cool if you’re
seen in these places. All of these things add up to nothing and serve only to
draw you away from what’s real. He may have changed skins and altered tactics
in each generation but the enemy’s aim has never wavered – his goal is and
always has been to steal, kill, and destroy. He knows nothing else. My Father
is calling out in a clear voice “Follow Me! My way leads to a life fulfilled,
not empty promises. I’m offering you the chance to really know what it means to
have life, and have it to the fullest extent possible.”
Just like I told my close friends all those years ago, if
you have seen me then you have seen the Father, we are one. If you remain in
me, I will be with you. Apart from me you can do nothing. It’s like a tree and
its branches. The branches cannot survive without the trunk of the tree with
the roots going down to the life giving water. If they want to continue living
they have to stay attached to the tree, because when they become separated
they’re not good for anything but to be used for firewood. I don’t know about
you, but the idea of being firewood is not really one that appeals to me.
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