God Talking With Men “Abram fell on his face; and God talked with him.” (Genesis 17:3) BEING on speaking terms with God is one of the greatest blessings of life. But God does not talk with just anyone. Abraham’s posture in this text from today’s reading tells us the kind of person with whom God will talk. It is the grateful, the humble, and the worshipful person that hears God’s voice speaking to his or her heart. Grateful person. God had just repeated the covenant promise of giving Abraham many descendents. Abraham fell on his face to show his gratefulness to God for this significant blessing. In those times, falling on one’s face before a person was a way of showing gratefulness to that person. Abraham’s gratefulness caused God to speak more to Abraham (Genesis 17:4ff). Ungratefulness, however, will turn God away from you. When you are ungrateful, God’s Word will be silent to you; and God will turn a deaf ear to your prayers. Humble person. Falling on one’s face before another also demonstrates the important character attribute of humility. Abraham was showing great humility here before God. If ever we are to be humble, it is before God. Therefore, “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord” (James 4:10). Lack of humility turns God away, for “God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble” (1 Peter 5:5). Pride does not enjoy good fellowship with God, rather it hinders fellowship. God does not communicate with pride but only condemns pride. Worshipful person. Another attitude seen in falling down before God is the attitude of veneration or worship. When Abraham fell on his face before God, he was worshiping God. It is most important that we worship God. We were created to worship God. And “the Father seeketh such to worship him” (John 4:23). Failure to worship God will bring us under the condemnation of God. When we skip church for the pleasures of the world, we are refusing to bow before God in worship. But when we are faithful to worship God, He will speak to us. And whatever you do in life, make sure you are on speaking terms with God Almighty. John G. Butler
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:44:03 +0000
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