Welcome once again to my blog, and as always, I pray what you will read will bring understanding, comfort and clarity to your mind and spirit. Before you go on, let us pray:
Dear Heavenly Father, I thank you for your child reading this, Lord I know you give Grace to the humble and you oppose the proud, right now, I pray that you will humble your child by decreasing the volume of the world while increasing the volume of your voice. Lord we know that all good things come from above, right now, as I touch and agree with your word, I pray that you will strengthen the spiritual man of every person reading this message, so that their lives will be impacted to impact others. In Jesus, Mighty, Wonderful, Name I pray. Amen.
Scripture of Focus: And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you, and will be in you." (John 14:16-17)
Hearing the voice of God is one of the most meaningful ministries one can have personally. As Christians, whether young or mature in the faith, we sometimes go through seasons. Those seasons are often times predictable and other times not so much. But we can all agree that they are all testing times. When we go through the spiritual peaks, we are able to 'hear' God and those times usually seem to be the most promising as those moments bring a sense of accomplishment and growth.
But there are those days when peaks seem to deliquesce and we wonder if God is still there. During those seasons of drought, God's voice to us seems to be less than a vapor in the wind. We find our selves tossing and turning, yearning for more-because that still, yet big voice inside of our Spirit Man calls us for more! The truth is, God is always present. Even in your driest season, He is there. God the Father has sent to His church a helper-The Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth. Even in your times of trial and tribulation, The Holy SpiritF, our comforter is there to bring revelation to our spirits concerning the matters of God's promises to us.
In John 10:27, Jesus quotes "My sheep know my voice, I know them,and they follow me." Notice Jesus did not say they 'desire' to be with me or that they 'want' to be with me-but rather "They Follow Me." Now that's a statement! In order to hear God in all seasons, you have to sacrifice your time, your mind, the volume of the world to focus on His voice. He has promised that He will never forsake us. He is there through our peaks and valleys. He speaks to us always-but we only hear if we follow His truth and His truth alone. There are many temptations and distractions that sometimes come our way causing to repulse or step away from God's plans for us. One thing that we must always remember is that God's voice should precede anything of this world. The Holy Spirit has been given to us as a counselor. In our times of drought, He is there to counsel us back to high ground-but we must have the patience to not only hear God, but to act out His Will and Purpose for us.
I believe it is Heaven's intentions for us all to be blessed. Matter of fact, Jesus Christ became poor so that we may be rich, not just with our material things, but above all, for us to be rich Spiritually so that we can withstand the prince of this world and stand in His Will. The most important step we need to take in order to really follow Him is to unconditionally give our hearts, minds and souls to Him in the good times and the not so great times-because after all, He is shaping us for Heaven and we must be ready when the day comes.
The next time the world cranks up its volume, make sure you have Heaven's sound proof system to turn up God's voice even more.
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