The Voice of God (Proper C24)

A day is coming, says Jeremiah, when people will die for their own sins.

“whoever eats sour grapes--his own teeth will be set on edge.”

Again, a time is coming when God will make a new covenant-one that will be written on the tablets of the heart. And no one will tell their neighbor to know the Lord, because everyone will.

The first day looks for the end of judgment on future generations in exile for the sins of their fathers. But a day is coming that will be greater still, a day when the word of the Lord will be spoken and marked in the flesh of human hearts--a day of brotherhood and forgiveness, a day when God will again take his people and they will take him as their God.

O beautiful day!

The Psalmist echoes this poetry,

“How sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey
to my mouth!

I gain understanding from your
precepts;
therefore I hate every wrong path.”

Paul too picks up the Joyful strain:

“But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of,
because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have
known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through
faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching,
rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may
be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

Tozer too! –The Speaking Voice of God rolls down through all eternity. Lord may the words of your lips truly resonate in our hearts. How I love your voice, O God of eternity and the new day.