Vox Dei

Vox Dei was the theme of the church camp that I went to in 2000. It means the voice of God. I've never forgotten one of the activities we did that made this theme really sink in. All of the leaders lined a hallway and waited for all of the students to walk down this hallway. As we made our way down this long stretch they yelled things at us. True, false, nice, mean, encouraging, hurtful, etc. Whatever they could think of they yelled. When we had finished our journey down this hall we turned to go outside and walk further, and further away from the noise. When we came to the end, the speaker gave us a lesson about the still small voice in the midst of worldly noise. Of course my retelling doesn't do it justice at all, but it was a very powerful activity with a very powerful point.

Now, I fastforward from 2000 to last week. Our Wednesday night lesson at our small group was about silencing the noise and listening for the voice of God. After spending only 5 minutes in silence listening for this voice, we discussed how we felt. Almost everyone in the group said they could not turn off their minds.....myself included....now fastfoward from last week to yesterday. Our sermon at church had a lot to do with shutting out the distractions of the world and listening for the still small voice of God to lead you into a ministry where you could really use your gifts. We also spent a moment of silence listening for this "voice". Now, I am a bit skeptical that a 2 minute moment of silence can really speak to you about where you should be going in life (I suppose anything is possibly though).

All this to say, do you think God is trying to tell me something?