I have a friend who is non-verbal and he has taught me so much. We hear the words non-verbal and it means they cannot speak, but we have limited speech to words, there are so many ways to communicate. We speak with our silence, our distance, our attitude, our presence, our body language, our driving, our posture, our hands, our feet, our eyes. The innumerous ways we communicate is astounding to me and it is not just us as humans that communicate, it is all of creation that communicates.

I have a dog and though that dog does not use words, he communicates to me what he wants in a variety of ways. The Bible says in Psalm 19 “The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. Day to day pours forth speech, And night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words; Their voice is not heard.” The heavens speak of the sun, moon, stars, birds, wind, clouds, all things in the air are all pouring forth speech, but what are they saying?

We have such a one dimensional way of hearing and because the “new agers” have captured the stars and called them a Zodiac; or captured the wind with their dream catcher; or told us astrology is wicked; we no longer listen to the heavens let alone have a clue what they are speaking to us. The Hebrew people listen to the moon in determining the beginning of a month. Abraham was invited to look at the stars to know how many descendants he would have when he was childless (Genesis 12). The magi saw a star and knew a king was born and took off immediately to follow that star.

We have so many ways that God communicates with us, but we must not be arrogant and think we know more than we do. God is infinite, we are finite; God is eternal, we are temporal; God is all knowing, we know very little. Humility is the key to accessing the more God has for us, but we must be willing to realize we don’t know as much as we think we do. We don’t know what the birds are saying or the stars are speaking but we fight over the breadcrumbs of what we have been taught. There is so much more, come up higher, those petty arguments are not worth missing the majesty of God over. He is speaking in surround sound, can you hear it?