God Talk

God Talk

Bible: Deuteronomy 11:13-21

Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads (V.18).

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Recent research found that people just don’t like to talk about God. Only 7% of the people who took the survey said they talk about ‘God stuff’ regularly. And people who go to church aren’t that different. In the survey, only 13% of the churchgoers said they had a God-related conversation about once a week.

I guess it’s not that surprising that these kinds of conversations don’t happen openly in some parts of the world. Talking about God can be dangerous and lead to imprisonment or attacks. Even in ‘safer’ countries, chatting about Jesus can feel weird, and like we’re going to get hated or laughed at.

But when God commanded His people, the Israelites, in the book of Deuteronomy, it seems like talking about God was to be a normal, natural part of everyday life. God’s people were to memorise His words and to display them in places where they’d be seen. The people were to often talk about God’s ways to their friends, family and children, “when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up” (11:19).

God wants us to talk about Him. Take a chance, rely on God’s Spirit and try turning your small talk or everyday chats into something a bit deeper.

LET GOD BE A NORMAL, NATURAL PART OF YOUR CONVERSATIONS.

Youth Edition – Our Daily Bread Ministries