Contemplative Bible Reading

Job 33:14 (New Living Translation)

14 For God speaks again and again,
though people do not recognize it.

In this sentence, Elihu is speaking to Job while Job suffers. Much of what Job’s friends say to him is incorrect and is later corrected by God. I think this phrase from Elihu is correct.

Has God spoken to you lately? Has God spoken to me lately? Is that bird chirping in the tree the first thing in the morning a voice from God? Is that morning headache of dehydration a voice from God? Is that smile on the face of a child across the coffee shop a voice from God?

And, by the way, what is God telling that person across the room whom I despise (strong word, but let’s be honest about this)?

God speaks again and again. Am I listening?