TALK TO GOD
I am always in awe of someone when they say, “God told me.” I envision God speaking to them in the same way He did to Moses. I envision God speaking in a burning bush. Maybe God spoke to them in their dreams or sent visions to them. How did they know that “God told them” to do something?
One of my favorite Christian authors is Beth Moore. I love her and I am doing a devotional from her right now. However, it is her video that I watched about an old man with wild unruly hair in an airport that I think about all the time. In the video, she says that she and Jesus were having a conversation. She even went on to say that he was “bossy.” The whole time I am listening and watching this video I keep thinking how wonderful it would be if the Lord talked to “ME.”
I know that I am not Beth Moore, but the Lord loves everyone. So, I started to think about ways that the Lord might be talking to me, just not in a physical voice. Is the Lord my conscious? Is He that little voice I hear in my head telling me to give a donation to the person on the street? I think of that as compassion and not the Lord moving me to do something. Is He that “feeling” you get when you just “know” that something is wrong. I thought that was intuition.
So, I got to thinking about ways that the Lord “might” be talking to me and I am just passing it off as something else. One of the first things that come to my mind is when I go to church and the Preacher is delivering his sermon. As I sit there I feel like he is preaching to ME. I feel like he knows what I am feeling and that he made that sermon just for me. I am friends with my preacher but he doesn’t know my mind and “he” doesn’t do a sermon based on me. But, the Lord knows me! The Lord could be speaking to you through other people. How about when you read a book or watch a television show that “speaks” to you. Is the God?
Does the Lord speak to you through dreams, visions, or even that little voice in your head? YES! YES! and YES! It is so easy to ignore the message that we might be receiving if we don’t know that it is from God. My best advice would be to ALWAYS assume that it is God, at least that way you won’t miss His prompting. My grandmother had a prompting once. We were traveling down the road when I was very small, around 5 years old. She saw a comet streak across the sky and felt like something was wrong. She made me get in the front seat and out of the little compartment that I was in the back seat. Shortly after that, we had a wreck where we were rear-ended. The little compartment was crushed but I only ended up with a bruised chin.
The one place that you can go to and KNOW that the Lord is talking to you is the Bible. The Bible was not written by God but it was written about God and inspired by Him. 2 Timothy 3: 16-17 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
As I go through this week I am going to concentrate on “listening” to the Lord. I am going to try to not do so much talking but instead let Him talk to me.
Have A Blessed Sunday!
Happy Sunday Tania……I believe your message this morning was just for me! I too know when God puts something in front of us or sends us some kind of message through someone or something, he wants us to listen to him. So much of that has been going on in my/our (husband) life within the past few months……i.e. We get a letter from another state but our house is for sale in a different state for them wanting to come and look at it to buy, that’s God! Thank you for your daily posts and letting us enjoy Style, Family and God with you❤️??. Holly~
Wow!!! I just started regarding “How to hear from God” by Joyce Meyer. I am considering a job change that will pay me less and I will have to pay for my health insurance, but I will have more free time. As of now I feel tethered to my job…. and I drive 45 minutes to get there! I am hoping God will provide some insight! I guess we will have to BELIEVE in Him to instruct us and EMBRACE His guidance.
Thanks for another great post! I too have someone in my life who regularly says Gold told her this and that. I’ve always felt “less than” because I don’t have those same experiences. However, I’ve come to the same conclusion as you that God does speak to us all.day. long. In the smile of a child, the breeze whispering through the trees and all those promptings to bless others. And I’ve thought I’d rather have God speak to my concscios than an audible rebuke! Blessings on your day!
Be still & know that I am God- I sang it at church camp & with our kids, but need constant reminders to do so. Why is that? Are we really so easily distracted??
Blessings for your week ahead.
Wow!! I so needed this! I too had the same feelings when someone would say God spoke to them. How wonderful that God is using you to speak to us! Such a blessing.
Thank you for your post. Pray that you will hear God as he speaks to you and the He will give you courage and strength to do what he says. From a fellow sister in the Christ from Australia
I really enjoyed this today. Thank you!!
Amen!! Thank you Tania for your encouraging words of how God can speak to us. I have watched that Beth Moore video and it is hilarious. She is outstanding in person as I went to one of her conferences in Greensboro, NC many years ago. Enjoy your Sunday. ~Lisa~
Thank you for your message. I am often skeptical of people who continually say that God spoke to them. What am I missing and why does He not speak to me….Scipture I know is God speaking to me without a doubt but my conscience or intuition….I have been wrong before. I too am going to concentrate more this week on how God is talking to me…..thanks and blessings from a sunny and hot South Africa. Shirley Crawford
Thanks, Tania. I share your thoughts completely! Sending love to you and your family. Marie