Since we were born, we have all required an explanation of why this, and not that? We all are in need of interpreters of God’s vast mysteries in His Word. A poet penned, “O earth, no gust randomly blows that does not tender music in ears that hear. Every weed that stretches its hands up yields unmeasured value. Every humble flower that buds, and every little bird that tweets, adds to the beauty of life.  Each offers a distinct expression that carries the message of hope unknowingly.”  A newborn child comes into a world and understands nothing. The child was delivered on earth to learn all it can from those who share their vivid interpretations. Our Creator chose a variety of souls to pen His words for each souls benefit. Each soul needs interpreters and as we are all just children at different stages of growth, the mysteries draw us into conversations with God and His interpreters. We pore over scriptures and find passages we cannot fully grasp. There are mysteries in His Way of providence. We seek clarity in the proverbs and the parables to apply. God’s Word brims with love, wisdom, and mercy. Along our journey with God, we all need interpreters to apply God’s handwritten love letter.

One delightful duty as Christians is to be His representative, His interpreter for others. It is exciting to know that God enlists us in His plan as interpreters. Because our heavenly Father, does not appear to us in a visible form, or speak to us in audible words, yet He is always with us, and He is always speaking to us. He sent Jesus to walk and talk to us in parables that need deciphering.  Souls bound in time saw His face, and they heard His voice, a soft voice that told those listening the truth. As God created all life, He now has many sons and daughters, and in all of them, to the degree that they listen, His love shines upon the world through their faces, and His message speaks through their voices. Each of us has a role in interpreting God to others. If we are His friends, the secret of the Lord is with us. His love for humanity is not a secret to be kept to ourselves.  We are in this world to reveal the love and light of God.  As His chosen Ambassadors, we make God’s words plain to others. The scriptures provide many illustrations of this. For example, the story of Joseph shows him acting as God’s interpreter twice.

Two fellow prisoners had dreams, and Joseph told them what the dreams meant. Pharaoh also had a dream and Joseph was brought from prison to explain its meaning. In both cases, these dreams were from God and it was important to learn their meaning. The Pharaoh needed to understand so he could prepare his people for the coming famine. We are all engulfed in the plan of God. We must seek wisdom by asking an interpreter. God’s divine teachings ought to be understood. They hold lessons for us that we are wise to discern. God offers messages of comfort for our sorrows, guidance for our dark paths, instruction for our ignorance, and salvation for our souls. We cannot live as we should until we learn the meaning of His divine words. We need interpreters. Consider that little child knowing nothing. In awe by many wonderful things, toes, eyes, feet, taste, noises in nature, in other lives, in books, in art, and in God’s Word. No soul can be truly useful in this world who does not share in the experiences of need. Christ was moved with compassion when he saw human pain and sin. His love reached out to the suffering, and He desired to offer help.  We too see sad faces that reveal unrest, broken peace, unsatisfied longings, unanswered questions, and profound spiritual hunger. Faces etched with fear and crinkled foreheads that silently speak perplexity.  A frustrated longing turns to a frown. In one soul, it is a desire to look into the future. In another, an eagerness to learn more about God. We are sent to be interpreters, each using our gift to speak, or in art, music, or writing. All the rich knowledge of the world has come down to us through human interpreters. In every age, there have been seers, gifted to look upon the scrolls of truth, and read and interpret the words with divine clarity. The scientific knowledge we have has come to us through many interpreters who have learned to read God’s words in nature. To most people, nature’s wonderful writings mean very little. Flowers, trees, rivers, lakes, and the glorious skies. They walk among these divine works without awe, seeing nothing that touches their hearts or stirs their spirits. As Mrs. Browning wrote, “Earth’s crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God. But only he who sees takes off his shoes with interest in what is being said.” Souls who see with their eyes and hear with their ears have told us something about the meaning of the wonderful things God has created in His works. The world’s literature is the harvest of many centuries of human thought.

In every era, some souls have peered into truth with a deeper, clearer vision than others, and heard whispers of God’s voice. Their quiet reflections are shared in commentaries, in poetry, lyrics, and books. How has the treasures of spiritual truth that we possess come to us? Not through scrolls brought from heaven by angels, but through human interpreters. God took Moses up into the mount and talked with him as a man talks with his friend. He gave Moses laws to guide humanity. Moses then became an interpreter to the world, sharing the things God had spoken to him. God also drew David close, breathing heavenly songs into his soul. Then David went forth, struck his harp and sang, and that music still resonates throughout the world. John, was an interpreter for God too. He rested in Christ’s bosom, heard the beatings of that great heart of love, and learned the secrets of friendship with his Lord.