Psalm 65:2 - O you who answer prayer, to you will all people come.
There are by some estimates about 6,500 spoken languages in the world. Some of them have many millions of speakers and some have less than a 1,000 speakers still living. Those of us who believe the Bible story of Genesis 11 understand that there was a time when everyone on earth spoke the same language. Because of man's disobedience to him, God confounded their language and sent confusion among them. Out of the languages God created at the tower of Babel (however many there were) have evolved the thousands of languages known today. I am a linguist and love the study of languages. Yet the intriguing part to me is not that there are so many languages but that God understands every one.
No matter the amount of education or the lack thereof, God understands our speech. He understand Chinese, English, and Papua New Guinea pigeon equally well. He hears and understand the cry of the PHD candidate and the prayer of the illiterate as equal. Flowery words are not as important to him as the tune the heart sings. The sincere prayer made in imperfect jargon will reach God quicker than a dissertation from a heart that is far from him. If you feel you don't have the right words to express yourself to God, just use the words you have. I promise He will understand them and he will respond to your prayer.
No matter your need today, God sees and hears and knows what you need.
God bless,
Sullivan Jones
There are by some estimates about 6,500 spoken languages in the world. Some of them have many millions of speakers and some have less than a 1,000 speakers still living. Those of us who believe the Bible story of Genesis 11 understand that there was a time when everyone on earth spoke the same language. Because of man's disobedience to him, God confounded their language and sent confusion among them. Out of the languages God created at the tower of Babel (however many there were) have evolved the thousands of languages known today. I am a linguist and love the study of languages. Yet the intriguing part to me is not that there are so many languages but that God understands every one.
No matter the amount of education or the lack thereof, God understands our speech. He understand Chinese, English, and Papua New Guinea pigeon equally well. He hears and understand the cry of the PHD candidate and the prayer of the illiterate as equal. Flowery words are not as important to him as the tune the heart sings. The sincere prayer made in imperfect jargon will reach God quicker than a dissertation from a heart that is far from him. If you feel you don't have the right words to express yourself to God, just use the words you have. I promise He will understand them and he will respond to your prayer.
No matter your need today, God sees and hears and knows what you need.
God bless,
Sullivan Jones