This morning I had a flashback of
a commercial that I saw as a kid. The
scene was an elegant restaurant where everyone was dressed in their finest
apparel. The place was filled to
capacity, there were numerous waiters serving at the tables, and there were conversations
going on at each table.
The camera then zooms in to a
conversation in the middle of this noisy and busy room, and we hear one man say
to another, “My broker EF Hutton says . . .” As soon as these words leave the
man’s mouth, the camera zooms back out where we’re able to see all the activity
and talking cease, and everyone in the room leaning over to this one table to
hear what the man has to say. The
announcer then says, “When EF Hutton talks, people listen.”
This commercial reminded me of
the time that Jesus was on the mountain with His disciples, speaking with Moses
and Elijah when a cloud appeared and a voice from the cloud declared, “This is
My Son whom I have chosen; listen to Him” (Luke 9:35). After the voice had spoken, Moses, Elijah,
and the cloud were gone. Jesus stood
alone.
Moses represented the laws of
God. Elijah represented the prophets of
God. I think the Hebrew writer looked at
this mountain top scene and wrote, “In the past God spoke to our forefathers
through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days
He has spoken to us by His Son . . .” (Hebrews 1:1-2a).
Jesus is God’s canon. In my mind, the Hebrew writer is saying that
Jesus is God’s final word. Everything
else is commentary on Him. Jesus is the
filter or conduit by which we can behold the glory of God. Through Jesus we can reconcile God in life
and in Scripture.
It doesn’t matter what we’re
doing or where we are in life, Jesus is speaking. The question is, “Am I straining to hear
Him?”
