“Dear Facebook: Those ‘Messages from God’ (ya know, that app with the cloud-writing)? They're not really from God. It's just some dude who writes his own folksy thoughts and attributes them to the Almighty. Just thought you'd want to know…”
Out of curiosity, I did a search for “Messages from God” on Facebook, and found several groups, pages, and apps. The one that Zach was referring to had “303,406 monthly active users.” In the grand scheme of things, that’s not a lot of people, but, it does give evidence that a lot of people are looking for, and longing to hear, a “message from God.” The big problem is that many people don’t (or won’t) recognize it when they see or hear it. Either that, or they look in all the wrong places, whether it be an “inner voice” that comes through meditation, a motivational speaker or spiritual guru, or “some dude who writes his own folksy thoughts and attributes them to the Almighty.”
The good news is that true “messages from God” are readily available to much of the world. But, you have to look in the right place! The Bible is the definitive and complete “message from God.” If you want to hear what He has to say, spend regular time in His Word. As Hebrews 4:12 says, “... the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (ESV)
And, it doesn’t take long to see that true “messages from God” are all around us ... from the person holding up a John 3:16 sign at a ballgame to the many Bible verse posted on Facebook to the hundreds (or perhaps thousands) of Bible applications for our phones and computers. So, to everyone who is looking for “messages from God,” I dare you to read the Bible. It IS the message from God that you’ve been looking for!
In His grip,
Pastor Decker
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