2 Chronicles 35.22 makes a very interesting statement about God's revelation. Neco king of Egypt spoke to Josiah. Josiah did not recognize that God was speaking through Neco. In this passage God has hidden himself behind a human king. He has actually spoken to Josiah but Josiah did not recognize that it was God speaking to him. He thought it was his enemy.
How often we fail to recognize the voice of our Lord! He speaks all around us but we don't understand what he is saying. We try to explain what we are hearing and what we think the Lord is saying but we too often read circumstances or earthly and possibly demonic voices to be God's voice. We are prone to interpret things wrong.
Thankfully, the Lord has spoken to us in these last days through Jesus Christ, the living Word of God, and has revealed him in a definitive way through the writings of the Bible. If we want to be sure of hearing from God, we need only open the book and read it. This is in sharp distinction to every other religion in the world. Even Islam, which has a definitive book, does not have a definitive savior who has done all we need to receive life. And the other world religions don't even come close.
Let us rejoice in the living God who has revealed himself to us in clear ways we can understand.
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