Come and Talk With Me
Published July 6, 2023
“My heart has heard you say, ‘Come and talk with me.’ And my heart responds, ‘Lord, I am coming.’” – Psalm 27:8 (NLT)
It had been years since I’d heard from him...
Then, out of nowhere, he emailed me. In his email, he basically said, “Hey, it’s been a long time since we’ve talked, so I wanted to reach out and see if we could reconnect.”
Years had gone by without a word or even an inkling that I would ever hear from him again.
As soon as I received the message, I showed it to my wife and she asked, “What are you going to do?”
I responded, “I’m going to email him back right away and say, ‘Yea, let’s talk!’”
And that’s exactly what I did!
There’s a lot more to that story than what I’ve just shared, but what you need to know is I was extremely eager to engage in that conversation the moment I received that message!
And I imagine that the elation and enthusiasm I felt on that day is similar to what David felt when he wrote the words you just read in Psalm 27:8.
David heard the Spirit of the Lord speak to him, calling him in. Immediately, David accepted the Spirit’s invitation! He responded with a sense of hurry, almost as if he didn’t want God to think he would let this opportunity pass. You can almost feel the palpitations of his heart jump off the page…
“My heart has heard you say, ‘Come and talk with me.’ And my heart responds, ‘Lord, I am coming.’”There are two parts to this verse that really stand out to me. First...