The Voice of God

This morning I read the scripture from Zephaniah that speaks of God rejoicing over Israel with singing. I admit my first thought was, “How can I turn this into the blog posting that is due today?” My second thought was, “Does this count as a daily devotion?” Finally, I put away childish things and began to read about the singing voice of God.

 

The celestial voice

Many people imagined that God’s voice must be something to behold. All concluded that eventually in Heaven we will finally be able to hear God singing and it will blow our minds. My imagination ran rampant on these musings. God must have range for days right? Would He be like Donnie McClurkin, Israel, or is he going to be more like George Beverly Shea? Wait a minute, you can’t put God in a box! He might sound like Aretha Franklin! You can see how quickly it gets out of control.

 

I suspect that Heaven is going to be filled with musical splendors that will blow our finite minds, but I am not inclined to think that God singing over us here in the present needs to be defined in such an ethereal context.

 

The subastral voice

There are songs that minister despite the various interpretations and styles it is delivered in. There are moments captured by technology in which an anointed singer has far reaching impact beyond the moment they had prepared for. We all experience moments week after week in which we find ourselves in a position to minister to one or many through the avenue of our vocal abilities. I believe in each circumstance we can find ourselves in the unique position of being the singing voice of God. I suppose that would mean He does sound like Donnie, Israel, George, and Aretha!

 

We are the body of Christ. We are the visible face of Jesus to the world around us. What a sobering and exciting thought that we are to be the voice of God singing and rejoicing over His people.