Kris Vallotton

Referring to Moses’ dialogue with God:
God speaks to us, and we have the opportunity to talk back. Not in rebellion. Not in disobedience. Not in the way we commonly think of “talking back.” God shares His thoughts and desires with His friends. As friends, we get to respond and say, “How about this, God? Can I have some say in this process and decision?” If the Lord says, “No,” it is clearly no. The problem is that we have long assumed that it is always “no.” God may want to expose us to new levels of relationship with Him through a process of communicating back and forth—talking, listening, and then talking back and listening again.