Sunday, July 4, 2004

Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
(Hebrews 13.16 NRSV)

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Halford Luccock once noted that we often hear the expression, "the voice of an angel." He began wondering what an angel would sound like. So he did some research, and discovered than an angel's voice sounds remarkably like a person saying, "Hurry up!"

He said that most people were under the delusion that the voice of an angel would always be beautiful. However, the words "Get up" are rarely beautiful, particularly at 7 a.m. Yet that is what the angels always say in the Bible. An angel comes to Peter in jail and says, "Rise quickly." An angel says to Gideon, "Arise and go in this thy might." An angel says to Elijah, "Arise and eat." An angel appears to Joseph in a dream, when Herod is slaughtering the infants, and says, "Go quickly." An angel appears to Philip and says, "Arise and go."

"Listen carefully," writes Halford Luccock, "and you can hear the voice of angels above the contemporary din of the world, a voice that ought to get us out of lounge chairs and comfortable beds. ‘Arise, go quickly!’"

Christ is counting on us to share to the good news of God’s love and grace.

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Loving God, help me to respond to your call. Amen.

Ron Newhouse

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