Knowing IX

Prov.22:^17–19 [TLB, emphasis added] “Listen to this wise advice; follow it closely, for it will do you good, and you can pass it on to others…”

When God wants to take you into a new experience with Him, what do you do? I would say the only response is to follow Him. And this is the beauty of relationship; the more you spend time with God, the more He reveals Himself to you. Has God not been beautiful beyond description even before you and I were formed? But as you spend time with Him, as you experience Him and tarry in His Presence, these things become real to you. Then you become better equipped to pick out His voice even amidst a crowd.

Let me illustrate with this example and I hope it births in you a hunger to know Him more. At first, it used to be when I pray and prepare for a service that God talks to me about the service in my closet. Right there, I write down what God has said and so when I am ministering, I just read out what God had told me and then God does what only He can do.

Then suddenly God altered the pattern that I had gotten accustomed to. He no longer said anything to me while I was praying and preparing for the service. But when I began to minster, He began to talk to me. Initially, I was scared. How come He did not tell me these things when I was praying so I could note them down? But He is God and I am not. And I have decided that my only response would be to follow Him wherever He leads. God can change His approach so watch out for it, hunger for it.

The Christian life is a progression of three main things – To hear God, To do what He says, and To pass it on. The reason why a lot of us do not hear God is because we have not done what He has said, so why would He tell you anything else? In other cases, the reason why we are not hearing new things is because though we have heard Him and we have done what He said, we have not passed it on. God wants you to teach people. God wants you to reach out to people. God wants you to draw people to Him. And He is waiting for you to pass it on.

John 8:⁴⁷[NIV]“He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”  I know this is hard to take but it can be solved. Today, God wants you to come to Him. He planned this because He wants you to hear Him.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, I declare that You are Lord over my life and I will know and hear Your voice, in Jesus Name. Amen!