"The Importance of Conversation"

Scripture: “Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” -Jeremiah 33:3

Over the past two/three years, a couple dear to my heart, have hung out with other married couples. Like anyone who breathes, they had our pre-conceived notions about these respective couples until they had an opportunity to fellowship with them and learn more about them. One of the greatest keys the couple relayed to me in learning about other couples and people altogether was conversation. As you listen to one's conversation, you can pretty much figure out how one acts, how one respects his/her home, how one reveres God, and other things. After the couple had hung out with the other married couples, they would converse and say to themselves how sweet one may be or how once you get to know them, they are genuine and real. If truth were told, conversation with God is just as, if not, more important, than conversing with your fellow man. When you converse with God, He not only listens, but He shares things with you. He blesses you with His wisdom and other things. Today's text illuminates the point on the importance of conversing with God.

Today's main scripture is located in the book of Jeremiah. This book is the second longest book of the Major Prophets within the Old Testament. Jeremiah, known as the "Weeping Prophet", had to prophesy to a hard-headed bunch of people in Judah and warn them about the pending destruction of Jerusalem. Before he went into his prophecy, God allowed Jeremiah to understand that He called Jeremiah from his mother's womb to be a prophet. Not only that, He gave Jeremiah everything he needed in order to complete his task as a prophet of God. If truth were told and we cut the grass down short enough, God has equipped every one of us to complete the task He has given unto us. It's on us to receive this task and run with it! Within this particular chapter of Jeremiah, Jeremiah discusses God's promise of restoration to the people of Judah. Within this promise of restoration, we find the importance of conversing with God.

Jeremiah begins today's text by letting us know that God wants us to call on Him. He conveys this by saying, "Call to me and I will answer you". One of the essential things while going through school was raising your hand so your teacher can call on you. When he/she called on you, you conveyed to them what you knew or what you wanted to know. As we call God, we ought to convey what we know about Him and let Him know that we love Him, we praise Him, we worship Him, we thank Him for being Jehovah Jireh, we thank Him for being Jehovah Nissi, and we just thank Him for being our everything! When you let Him know what you think of Him, then you can go before Him and ask Him some things. The blessing is when you ask God something, He will answer; however, the answer may not be what you expected, but He will answer!

Not only will God answer you when you call Him, but He will "tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know". When you are "in there" with God, He is not only your Father, but He considers you "His friend". When He considers you His friend, then He tells His friends secrets and things they never knew. One thing about when you commune and converse with God, He has a way of revealing things to you that make you scratch your head or makes you think: "Wow, this was no one but God that showed me this". There have been times where I have prayed for people and when I was finished, they would say, "How did you know what I was dealing with?" It wasn't Haile that knew, but it was the Friend who told me what was going on with you. There are times where you wonder where should I go and your Friend can reveal that to you if you converse with Him. Dealing with your finances, your Friend can provide you with help! Dealing with your marital issues, your Friend can provide you with help! Dealing with your parenting issues, your Friend can provide you with help! Dealing with your school issues, your Friend can provide you with help! No matter what it is, your Friend can help you, but He cannot help you unless you converse with Him!

In closing, as the married couple learned through conversation the authenticity of their couple friends, God encourages us to converse with Him! If we converse with Him, He promises us that He will answer and tell you great and unsearchable things you did not know. If you are not a big talker with the Almighty God, then I challenge you to begin today and watch what He reveals to you!