When
you project your voice it reverberates against distant walls or other objects
and it returns to you ---- as an echo.
Wikipedia defines an echo
as “a reflection of sound” that returns to its source tj\hrough a propagation
medium
Well,
God has a voice.
In
Isaiah 55: 11, the Lord said, “So shall My word be that goes forth from My
mouth. It shall not return to Me void,
but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”
His
voice goes out; His voice returns to Him.
God has an echo.
In
the beginning, God spoke. His voice, His Word said, “Let there be,” and it was. Creation itself is a reflection of the sound of
God.
Isaiah
55: 10 says that the echo of God is like the rain and snow. Precipitation returns to the sky through evaporation,
but in the process of go and return the earth is changed. The Word
of God returns to Him, but in the process, the Word changes the world.
That’s
why there is such power in praying scripture back to God. It is a way in which we participate in the eternal
echo.
We
live at the reflection point of the eternal Echo of God’s Heavenly Word. You are designed to reflect the image of God,
and your heart is designed to be His echo chamber. Let the Word resonates in you.
Let
the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom…. (Colossians 3: 16)
But
do more than repeat the words. Let the
Word resound back to Heaven though the propagation medium of your life.
Finish
Colossians 3:16 and “Let the word of
Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another
in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to
the Lord.” (Colossians 3: 16
It’ll
change your world.
Your
word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You (Psalm 119:11)
How
can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word. (Psalm 119: 11)
Participate
in the eternal echo.
---Anderson T. Graves
II is a writer,
community organizer and consultant for education, ministry, and rural
leadership development.
Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is
pastor of Miles Chapel CME Church in Fairfield, Alabama; executive director
of the Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization (SAYNO); and director of rural leadership development
for the National Institute for Human Development (NIHD).
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