Once upon a time, there was a financial services company named E. F. Hutton & Company. In its heyday -- the 1970s and 1980s -- it promoted itself with a series of popular commercials that included the catchphrase: "When E. F. Hutton talks, people listen."
E. F. Hutton is not talking these days. Thanks to the acquisition and merger process, what, for decades, used to be the second largest stock brokerage house in the country is now a part of Citigroup, the private financial services firm that must rely on public money to survive.
On the other hand, God is speaking. Today. To you and to me. Speaking, in a language that is clearer than words.
Oswald Chambers wrote: "God speaks in the language you know best -- not through your ears, but through your circumstances."
To be sure, not everyone hears. Sometimes, we do not want to hear. Sometimes, we allow the din of living to drown-out His voice. Yet, God continues to speak. He speaks through His written word, the Bible. He speaks through the witness of His people, the Church. He has spoken, most definitively and finally, in the person of Jesus. (Hebrews 1: 1-2) He speaks personally to you and to me through our circumstances.
I do not believe that God prefers shouting to the conversational, but shout He will, if it means directing us toward the lifeline we've overlooked, or toward the path that leads to purpose and joy.
What is God saying to you through your circumstances?
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God certainly knows how to get our attention! Unfortunately, we often attribute that personal contact to something or someone else. It is not unusual for our human side to blame God when our circumstance is less than desirable, but when we have risen above that negative circumstance we are prone to forget the source of our victory or why we found ourselves in that predicament in the first place. I thank God that he continues to talk to me in a still and quiet way that give me peace of mind and comfort in times of need. But most of all I am thankful that HE listens to me and that I never have to scream to get his attention.
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