God's Voice

I asked to hear God’s voice

And He spoke to me

He sounded like the rustle of pages

He sounded like prophesy

And poetry

And prose

I asked him to start at the beginning

He said “I am beginning”

But He told me of creation

Of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

He told me of Isaiah

And sang me psalms of David

He told me of prophesies

Both of the past and the future

Then He told me about His Son

God incarnate

Birth, life

Death, and resurrection

And He told me

That while death had been defeated

Soon all will be put underneath His feet

“But God,” I said, “what is Your will?’

He said, “ Now this is eternal life: 

that they know you, 

the only true God, and Jesus Christ, 

whom you have sent’

“But what about for me?” I said.

“Rejoice always, 

pray continually, 

give thanks in all circumstances; 

for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus”

I asked to hear God’s voice

And I heard it as clear as words on the page

And I carried it in my heart

And leather bound in my hand

And whenever I heard a voice

I matched it to what He gave

He made His Word known

He lets us hear His voice

The voice that has been unchanging

Since the beginning of time