What Do You Do When You Hear His Voice?
You have said, “Seek my face.” My heart says to you,
“Your face, LORD, do I seek.”
Psalm 27:8
Two Sundays ago after service I was talking to Scott guru-of-all-things-media Clark about some things we are working on together. He was in the soundbooth, I was on the other side of the wall talking to him. Anyone familiar with our setup knows that the wall between the sanctuary & the soundbooth is about 5 feet high. I can see over it, as most of the adults can, but, of course, most of the kids can’t…especially the real little ones.
Well, Breanne, Scott’s adorable & irresistible daughter (who’s just a little older than a year old) was standing there with me and heard her daddy’s voice. She kept looking up, trying to see him, but of course, she couldn’t. She held out her arms & started making any sound she knew to make to try to get my attention, wanting me to pick her up. Less because she just wanted me to pick her up, and more because she heard her daddy’s voice and she wanted to see him.
So I picked her up and, much to her immense excitement, she saw her daddy. Her face beamed. That was okay for a minute or so, then she wanted more. She wanted to be closer to him, so she proceeded to try to climb on the wall to get to him! Of course I didn’t want her to hurt herself , so I put her back down on the floor.
Scott & I continued talking and Breanne once again held her arms out to me to pick her up, definitely not settling for just that short time she was able to see him. I picked her up and she immediately clung to that wall and tried to climb up ME, in an attempt to scale the wall to get to her daddy. She had no fear that anything would happen to her. All she cared about was that she wanted to be closer to her daddy. The opportunity was there & she was going for it. She heard his voice and she did what she had to do to see him. She saw him and she did what she had to do to get closer to him. She just was not going to give up. I finally took the much safer route and just walked her into the soundbooth into the loving arms of her daddy where she remained the rest of the time she was there.
Do you see where I’m going here?
It made me think about my own pursuit of God.
How many of us can truly say that when we hear His voice, we press in and do anything we possibly can to see to Him?
When we see Him, do we hide? Do we run? Or do we beam with excitement, delight in His presence, and do whatever we can to get even closer to Him?
There’s a couple things I learned on this day:
1. Keep looking up. No matter how far away He seems, He is always right there. When we hear our father’s voice, we should pursue it with everything we have in us.
2. When we need someone to stand beside us or lift us up, all we have to do is look around. Someone is always there (christian friends, leaders, mentors) to give us a helping hand. We should never go alone. Many times, they see the dangers that we do not, and will help to guide us safely on our path.
3. No matter what, we should never stop trying to get closer to Him. Some times will be easier than others, but we should always try to scale every single wall that comes between us and our heavenly Father.
4. If God looks at us with even more love than Scott looked at Breanne when she was trying to get to him, why do we ever worry that He won’t respond to us or take care of us?
Remember, our heavenly father is always there. He loves us with a love that cannot be matched by anyone or anything else. We are to pursue Him with just as much love, fire, and determination as the vivacious little girl who, just a couple Sundays ago, wanted nothing more than to get closer to her daddy and rest in his loving arms.
What do you do when you hear His voice?
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