A Speaking God (Haggai 1:1-2)
ESV Haggai 1:1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest:
The view known as “agnosticism” is quite popular today. It understands reality thus: God may exist, but we do not know—it is impossible to know—and if God does exist, there is no way for us to know who He is our what He is like; there is simply too much confusion and too many different religions for us to actually know who God is or what He has said. The Bible teaches a very different view. God not only exists, He has spoken, and His words can be heard, understood, and known.
God has spoken in human words to human beings. The infinite, eternal God, has spoken in human language to reveal Himself. As the theologian and thinker Francis Schaeffer titled one of His books: He is there and He is Not Silent.
In Haggai we see God communicate to His people through His prophet: “the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet… ‘thus says the LORD’” (1:1-2). God spoke and His people heard. God had a message to communicate and that message could be heard and understood.
Throughout the Old Testament, God spoke through His prophets, but now He speaks us to through His Son (Hebrews 1:1-2). We do not need new human prophets because we have Jesus, who is promised the Prophet, Priest and King. We hear the words of Christ in the Scriptures and through the preaching of God’s Word.
Praise God that we are not faced with a mute God, but a talking God! May we listen to His voice today.
