What we have here is a failure to communicate! That line from an old movie is a reality in our lives. Just because we live in an age of instant communication does not mean that we do so clearly. Consider the following signs that were posted.
- On the door of a restroom: “Toilet out of order. Please use floor below.”
- At the entrance of a public building: “For anyone who has children and doesn’t know it, there is a day care center on the first floor.”
- The sign on the front door of a shop said, “We can repair anything.” And then this note was added, “Please knock hard on the door – the bell doesn’t work.”
Those examples of poor communication made me smile. However, the failure to communicate is not always comical. It can cause everything from hurt feelings to putting one’s soul in peril!
We should make every effort to communicate clearly, kindly and well. I think accurate communication was part of what Jesus was encouraging in His Sermon on the Mount when He said, do to others what you would have them do to you. (Matthew 7:12)
God wants to communicate with His creation. He wants to do so clearly, kindly and well. That is why He has given us His Word, and even more importantly, His Word made flesh. Just to be sure we understood His message, He came down here to do so face to face.
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. (2 Corinthians 4:6)
We know God best because of Jesus. He showed the love of God in everything He did, whether it was healing a blind man, confronting a woman with her sins, welcoming children to come to Him, or offering His life as payment for the sins of everyone.
If you want to know the heart of God, look at Jesus. He will communicate to you everything God wants to tell you about Himself, and what God wants for you.
