GodSprings - February 29, 2016

Is God There In My Conversations?

Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. 1 Chronicles 16:9 (NIV)

The modern world we live in we have countless devices abound through which we can communicate with one another. We have a variety of smartphones, computers, and tablets that allow us to blog, tweet, e-mail, text, instant message, update social media, and spend face time. If all this fails, we can turn to the good old-fashioned way of communicating. We can write a letter or send a card. With more outlets available today to reach more people with our thoughts and views on life, how much time is spent actually talking about the wondrous works of God?    

King David talked often about God and sought to praise God for all His wondrous works. He sang songs, he wrote poems, and he publicly declared the greatness of God and used every means available to him to speak of the God of wonders. When we have experienced the goodness and greatness of God in our lives, we will want to find as many ways to talk about God with as many people as possible, whenever possible.

F.B. Meyer said that as Christians, “We talk about sermons, details of worship and church organization, or the latest phase of Scripture criticism; we discuss men, methods, and churches; but our talk in the home, and in the gatherings of Christians for social purposes, is too seldom about the wonderful works of God. Better to speak less, and to talk more of Him.”

We may find working the wonders of God into everyday conversation difficult, but that is only because we have created difficulty for God in the work of His wonders in our hearts. We have allowed our lives and our hearts to be filled with so much that is not God that not speaking much of God is only natural. We have fallen out of the practice of praising Him because we have fallen out of the practice of being captivated by Him.

We have the tendency to only talk about what is in our hearts. Therefore, if we are having a difficult time talking about God, we need to get more of God in our hearts. Let us take the time to focus on all God has done in our life and all He has done for His people, and I am sure we will not be able to stop all the God talk that pours from our lips.