Seeing the Voice

I have not posted much on this blog for last few months. I think I'll start again...

In the movie Star Wars, Luke Skywalker learns to lean into the force not by “seeing” but by hearing. Yoda tutored him with blindfolding headgear to suppress his natural inclination to “look” and instead was trained to “hear” and “feel” the Force. 

I learned to drive my first car with a clutch this way. In the mist of stalling out, grinding gears and rolling backwards, I learned to hear the hum of the engine, to sense the vibrations of the car, and to “feel” my way forward.

What language does nature speak? The language of sound. We live in an ocean of sound. What do you hear?

There is an odd expression in Exodus in the Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) version: people “saw the voice of the Lord.” Habakkuk 2:1 says something similar… “…look out to see what he will say to me…” Revelation 1:12 echoes same thought… “Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me…”

Perhaps we are too keen on looking when we should be listening. Our natural inclination to “look” is hindering us from training our eyes and ears to see and hear the very presence of God surrounding us. 

I believe Jesus spent his time alone with God to hear and see the voice of the Father speaking to Him. We too must learn to do this. And we are given a wonderful tool call quiet time to train our eyes to hear the voice of God and ears to see the presence of God. This kind of listening and seeing is essential for Christians for the voice of God beckons us and guides us continuously if one is willing to see what he is saying. This week may you see the voice of God speaking into your life. And in obedience live with passion.