October 20, 2013: The Voice of God – Michael Hidalgo

Over and over again we read the words “the Spirit said …” How is it that the voice of the spirit was so obvious to so many? Moreover, why does it seem to have fallen so silent in our day? What does it mean to even hear the voice of the spirit? Is it an audible voice? Is he always talking? Is it just that we are not listening? And what if we try to listen and do not hear anything?

When it comes to hearing the voice of God we need to recognize that this was something the community always heard. It was not isolated individuals who heard God speaking. More than this, there was a sense of participation in and with the Spirit of God. They heard God, but also made decisions based on what they heard. Sometimes the best they could come up with was to say “it seemed good to us …”