Be Still And Know

Hebrews 1:1-2 NLT Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets. And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe.   These opening verses of the letter to the Hebrews declare that God has always spoken to people. He did it in the Old Testament as he spoke through the prophets and then in the New Testament through his Son, Jesus. It is good for us  to stop for a moment and reflect that he didn’t have to speak. He could have  chosen to create humankind and leave us alone. He could well have looked at  what a mess people made of the world and decided to remain silent. But he  didn’t. His choice was to communicate and before launching into this wonderful  letter we should stop for a moment and praise God that his desire is to  communicate with us. In the Old Testament God spoke many times and in many ways through the  prophets. Often the communication was in th