Jesus continues His exhortation on the end of time. He ask us to be on the look out for the signs that manifest the kingdom of God and its proximity to fullness.
Then he says these words, "heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away."
We must never forget that God reveals himself not as an image or an effigy but rather as a voice. He reveals himself as a voice that speaks, commands, guides, creates.
The first biblical reference to God is his words, "let there be light."
His is a voice that speaks words that have power to defeat nothingness and create being.
Through out the scriptural reference it is God's voice that captivates and calls.
To Moses, he reveals himself as "I am who am" a voice that is always now. To Elijah he is a whisper that can not be out done in magnitude or strength.
In the prophets it is is words that warn his people and bring them back.
In Jesus, the word of God becomes flesh, the word of God has a face.
God's voice is steady and can not be denied.
His is a voice that speaks the words that brings being from nothing, light into darkness, life from death, unity out of diversity.
Gratitude is about recognizing the reach of God into our lives, recognizing the word of God that can never be silenced, "Our God comes he keeps silence no longer."
We never go alone, for the voice of God accompanies us on this journey, calls us forth, leads us on, and sets us free. His is the words of everlasting life, to him we cling.
All may pass away, but his words remain for it is his words that bring into being.
We beg to hear is word, "only say the word and we shall be healed" and thus we shall find what we are looking for the source of the voice that has called us his own.
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