I Have Nothing To Say

Traveling home with the week drawing to a close, I realized that time was running out on my self-imposed goal to write a blog for our church bulletin every week. But what was more exasperating than the panic of running out of time was that I found myself thinking, “I have nothing to say.” Now, I don’t want to be like the one asked to share to a group who begins with, “I don’t have anything to say,” and then commences to ramble on and on and proves it by voicing whatever stray thought that meanders erratically through the ether of his gray matter. But I got stuck on the thought that “I have nothing to say.” Then, I saw a cartoon of two personified worms. One says to the other, “I have nothing to say.” The other responds, “You should blog about it.” Cartoons inspire me, so I will blog about it: What is going on when people say, “I have nothing to say”? Some say, “I have nothing to say,” because that is precisely where they find themselves. They’ve drawn a blank. They have no thoughts, opinion, etc. Others say “I have nothing to say,” because they are afraid of making any comment that will incriminate them. They know they are in the wrong. They don’t want to give any proof by saying anything. Then, there are those who have been hurt. The perpetuator of their pain tries to engage them in conversation. They respond, “I have nothing to say.” They either don’t want to or feel they can’t reconcile. Some’s “I have nothing to say” comes from the observation that those who have been speaking on a subject have already exhausted it. There is nothing to add. Sometime folks say, “I have nothing to say,” because they either have no interest in joining a conversation or they have disdain for it or those engaged in it. Some exclaim, “I have nothing to say,” because they are so surprised, overwhelmed, left speechless over an act of kindness, generosity, or thoughtfulness done for them. For others “I have nothing to say,” is a dismissal: “The thing is done; nothing I say is going to change things.” Then there are those who say “I have nothing to say” because, they already said what they wanted to say. It may be shocking, but I believe that God is one of these. God is saying, “I have nothing to say,” but, He would add, “other than what I have already said.” And what has God said? “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, …” (Heb 1:1-2). What has God said? Jesus! God has spoken via nature, prophets, poets, singers, and the voice of the conscience. But, His final word, His greatest word, His loudest word, is Jesus. Truly, there is nothing more to be said. Not by Mohammed. Not by Joseph Smith. Not by an angel. Not by any who would offer a new revelation from God. Jesus is what God has and is saying to us. Why isn’t God saying something about what is going on in the world? Why isn’t God speaking today? He has already said what He is going to say. He has left nothing more that needs to be said, that could be said. He has spoken Jesus. I am not a cessationist. I’m a Pentecostal. I don’t believe that God is silent. I am not saying God no longer speaks. I am saying He has nothing to say but what He has said by, through, and in Jesus. Yes, God uses people to reiterate what He has said. He gifts people to share it in a way that is refreshing, poignantly applicable, precisely addressing of circumstances and needs. But, if it is truly God saying it, what will be heard is “Jesus.” Nothing said will be different or in addition to what is in the Bible and the Bible is our source of all we accurately know about Jesus. So, I guess that, although I spent a lot of space saying I have nothing to say, I truly have nothing to say other than “Jesus.” That’s enough. Jesus says it all.

I Have Nothing To Say

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