What Is God Trying to Say to Me?

Over the past few days, we reflected on Ezekiel’s call story (2:1-5) and on how sometimes God sends prophets into our lives with the message we most need to hear. 

Today, I’m remembering a time when we were traveling up to North Carolina on Christmas Day. We stayed overnight at a hotel along the way. As I was waiting to check in, I stood behind an older woman who was in front of me at the desk. The clerk handed her the key, and I saw her hand the young woman a $100 bill. She said, “This is for you. Merry Christmas!” The clerk’s face just lit up, She said, “For me?” “Yes, for you. Merry Christmas!

A few moments later, I ended up on the elevator with this woman and I said, “That was so generous.”  And she said, “Well, you know, if someone is working in a hotel or restaurant on Christmas Day, it’s not because they want to. They obviously need the money…”  I thought: What would it be like to be so generous? It would have to feel pretty great. Could I be so generous? Are there other people who need my help?

God says to Ezekiel, whether the people hear or refuse to hear, they will know, they will know that a prophet has been among them.

How do we know if there has been a prophet among us?

In her book, Soul Feast, Marjory Thompson writing about listening for God said, “In any situation, it’s a good habit to ask: What’s God trying to say me through this?” What is God trying to say to me through this encounter, through this situation, through this person?

Again, I wonder who God may have put in your life right now. I wonder what God may be trying to say to you through that person. What would God have you hear? What would God have you do? How would God have you respond?

Let us pray:  Open our hearts, O God, to your prophetic word to us this day. Comfort us where we need comfort. Challenge us where we need challenged. And heal us where we need healing; through Christ our Lord. Amen.