The Most Fundamental Communication

UV 923-10,000 The Most Fundamental Communication Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. Isaiah 49 v 1 The prophet is testifying to the people of the seven continents and all the islands, the people who are near and far that the Lord called him when he was in the womb. The one who had knit him in his mother’s womb knew his name even before his parents gave him a name or called him by that name. When we were hidden from our parents’ eyes, He saw us, knew us and communicated with us. He spoke into our inner ear even when our brain and other organs were being formed. The deepest communication is the communication we have with the Lord. He gave us company when we were all alone in the darkness of the womb. We need to keep the conversation going on. This is the reason that right through human history the belief in God exists in all human beings. Will He ever forsake us? Will He not give us company in the darkess of the tomb? Our personal relationship with our Maker begins right in the womb though we recognize it much later. Our talking with God is as natural as breathing. This uni-verse reveals that the most fundamental relationship, the closest and dearest is not the relationship with one’s parents but with the Lord our God, our Maker. The other animals and creatures can at best only call Him their creator. But we know Him as our Maker- He made us and formed us, every tiny part of us with His own hands and He breathed His life and spirit into us. Jesus said that “ if anyone wants to follow Him, he or she must hate his own parents.” He implied that in comparison with our love for God, our first and last parent, our love for our parents would seem almost like hatred. If we love anything or anyone more than God, it provokes His holy jealousy. If we represent our love as a spectrum, our love for our earthly parents and other members of our families would be a faint strip at the beginning of the spectrum and the rest of it would be occupied by our increasing passion for the Lord. There is a calling upon our lives right from the time we were formed in the womb. It is an expectation of the Lord about how we live our lives and what we will do with the life He has given us. Prateep V Philip