Tonight I noticed two twin scriptures that made me think. Because I ate chocolate before I went to bed (stupid, I know), I can’t sleep and so I thought I would write about what I found.
First, Acts:
No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
” ‘In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people…
A piece of one of my favorite passages. Note the bit I put in italics. Now skip on over to Hebrews:
In the past God spoke to our ancestors…but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son…
Both speak of what will happen in the last days. The last days began 2,000 years ago at Pentecost (the beginning of Acts 2). What will happen? In Acts God quotes through Peter a passage in Joel, saying all the cool stuff that’s going to happen: prophecy, tongues, visions, dreams, radical salvations, and other stuff we’ve only seen glimpses of before.
But before that: In the last days, God says. In these last days he has spoken.
God says. He has spoken.
How has He spoken to you? Can you hear Him?
When was the last time you heard from God?
Do you have ears to hear, as Jesus says, or are you wandering sheep who do not believe they can hear the Master’s voice, which is what Jesus promised?
Can you hear Him?
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