"Although the human mind stubbornly resists and resents the suggestion that it is a sick, fallen planet upon which we ride, everything without our consciences, our innermost spirit, confirms that the voice of God is sounding in this world - the voice of God calling, seeking, beckoning to lost men and women!"
- A.W. Tozer, Echoes from Eden, Chapter 1
In his book "Echoes from Eden" A.W. Tozer deals with how God has constantly been calling out to sinful mankind to return to Him, ever since He first called out to Adam after he and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden and hid from God's presence (hence the name of the book). Tozer points out the many diverse ways in which God unceasingly calls out to us (conscience, nature, morality, the Church, the Scriptures, and the Holy Spirit). Concerning the call of God through Scripture, Tozer declared, "God is calling us with many, many voices, but there is no doubt that He entreats mankind most perfectly in the revealed Word of God." But even the Scriptures by themselves are not a sufficient voice to successfully call men and women to God, but rather the voice of the Scriptures need to be heard through vocals of the Holy Spirit speaking within us. Concerning the paramount important of the voice of the Holy Spirit, Tozer wrote, "God is speaking to mankind with more than one voice, but it must be said that the dearest, most distinct and most easily distinguished voice is that of the Holy Spirit. The call and reproof and conviction by the Holy Spirit give grave and serious meaning to all other voices calling men home. If it were not for the presence of the Holy Spirit speaking through the consciences of men and women, no other voice would have any significance."
God's voice is the one voice that contains within it the whispers of salvation and the answers to our deepest heart cries. His voice does not go silent, does not rest nor sleep. It is the loudest and yet most tender and diverse voice in the universe. It is ever-speaking, ever declaring His love for us, and unceasingly summons us to Himself. How could we venture to deafen ourselves to such a loving and pursuing voice?
"There is a divine voice that continues to call. It is the voice of the Creator, God, and it is entreating them. Just as the shepherd went everywhere searching for his sheep, just as the woman in the parable went everywhere searching for her coin, so there is a divine search with many variations of the voice that entreats us, calling us back."
- A.W. Tozer, Echoes From Eden, Chapter 1
