I had someone ask me recently, how do I know God is "speaking to me, personally". Why would He speak to any of us personally?" These are very good questions. I remember replying at the time, "Because I hear His voice in my heart. Not an audible voice like some that claim to hear voices in the head, but in the whisper in my heart: when remembered Scripture reveals itself to my mind. That's when I know He is speaking to me When I hear His Words with in.
Many people ask, " Is God speaking today?" My reply to this is, oh yes He is definitely speaking. The real question is, are we listening?. I am just now beginning to get a glimmer of understanding as to what it really means to listen. How can I know what He has to say, if I do not go to the source of His voice, His Word.? The Word of God is how He is speaking to us, His creation, today.
Scripture says: " God is not man that He should lie...Has He said and then not done; spoken and not made good? [Numbers 23:19]...."My word is a lamp to your feet and a light to your path." [Psalms 119:105}
Light shining in darkness, [another blog maybe]. Isn't this, His Words speaking to us? He says," I the Lord your God... I will... listen to what I say?"
No, I do not question whether God is speaking. What I am learning is to question whether I am hearing. When I hear a voice whose speaking do I hear a , my own voice, telling me to do what I think and,feel is the right thing to do?. Is it the worlds voice noisily, shouting out, loud contradictions to what God clearly says in Scripture? Whose voice am I hearing?
I have learned if I do not go to the source of Gods Voice, His Word, I can not expect to hear Him speak. I can not know what He is saying. I can only hear what the other voices I am listening to say. The Bible is how I hear God speak to me. And when I 'am hearing Him "speak to me" I now know it is His Voice, the voice of His Words, usually telling me to listen.
A very wise, godly man and mentor, whom I greatly admire, frequently says, "Listen! Are you listening? , when he is sharing something important from Gods Word. Because He also says "The Bible has an answer for every circumstance and situation we face daily." If we do not read Gods Word, is it He's not speaking or are we not listening?
This is a question I ask myself daily as i spend time in the Word of God. Am I listening to what He is saying? Do I hear Him? And when the answer comes up "no" I'm not, as when I am fearful, full of doubts, not at peace in my inner self, then I know I need to go to the Word, so I can listen because I haven't been hearing . Each and every day, that I do not spend time with His Word, my hearing His voice gets less and less clear. It grows quieter and quieter. I no longer hear what He says.
Whens the last time you picked up Gods Word and ask Him sincerely from your heart, to speak specifically to you. When you do, I can assure you, He will answer and speak to your heart personally, He promises to meet each one of us right where we each are. His Word tells us He will and that He does exactly what He says.
Thank You precious Lord, that Scripture tells us, You are the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. and You will speak to us because Your Word says you will. All we have to do is be willing to LISTEN.
Many people ask, " Is God speaking today?" My reply to this is, oh yes He is definitely speaking. The real question is, are we listening?. I am just now beginning to get a glimmer of understanding as to what it really means to listen. How can I know what He has to say, if I do not go to the source of His voice, His Word.? The Word of God is how He is speaking to us, His creation, today.
Scripture says: " God is not man that He should lie...Has He said and then not done; spoken and not made good? [Numbers 23:19]...."My word is a lamp to your feet and a light to your path." [Psalms 119:105}
Light shining in darkness, [another blog maybe]. Isn't this, His Words speaking to us? He says," I the Lord your God... I will... listen to what I say?"
No, I do not question whether God is speaking. What I am learning is to question whether I am hearing. When I hear a voice whose speaking do I hear a , my own voice, telling me to do what I think and,feel is the right thing to do?. Is it the worlds voice noisily, shouting out, loud contradictions to what God clearly says in Scripture? Whose voice am I hearing?
I have learned if I do not go to the source of Gods Voice, His Word, I can not expect to hear Him speak. I can not know what He is saying. I can only hear what the other voices I am listening to say. The Bible is how I hear God speak to me. And when I 'am hearing Him "speak to me" I now know it is His Voice, the voice of His Words, usually telling me to listen.
A very wise, godly man and mentor, whom I greatly admire, frequently says, "Listen! Are you listening? , when he is sharing something important from Gods Word. Because He also says "The Bible has an answer for every circumstance and situation we face daily." If we do not read Gods Word, is it He's not speaking or are we not listening?
This is a question I ask myself daily as i spend time in the Word of God. Am I listening to what He is saying? Do I hear Him? And when the answer comes up "no" I'm not, as when I am fearful, full of doubts, not at peace in my inner self, then I know I need to go to the Word, so I can listen because I haven't been hearing . Each and every day, that I do not spend time with His Word, my hearing His voice gets less and less clear. It grows quieter and quieter. I no longer hear what He says.
Whens the last time you picked up Gods Word and ask Him sincerely from your heart, to speak specifically to you. When you do, I can assure you, He will answer and speak to your heart personally, He promises to meet each one of us right where we each are. His Word tells us He will and that He does exactly what He says.
Thank You precious Lord, that Scripture tells us, You are the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. and You will speak to us because Your Word says you will. All we have to do is be willing to LISTEN.
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