A God Who Speaks

I walked into my office this morning and one of my colleagues told me about someone in our church family who had just experienced something that had never happened to her before.  As we were praying for a group of people from another church last sunday, she was praying off to the side and she heard a voice telling her "Proverbs 2, Proverbs 2".  After reading this chapter it is clear that it deals directly with some of the challenges the church we were praying for was facing.

Incredible when you think about it!  God speaks directly and understandably to the situations we are facing.  He cares, He speaks, and we can hear Him, respond and rejoice!

I wanted to highlight this today because I think many of God's children don't really think that God speaks in way that can be heard.  Or, if He does speak, He does so to other people not to me.  Well, this is a prime example showing that He does choose to reveal specific and direct messages to His children for the purpose of building up His Body.  This church was searching for direction and wisdom from God--He tells us in Luke 11 that He is a good Father who desires to give good gifts to His children, and this is a clear example of that proving true.

I want to build your faith today as you hear about a woman who hadn't really heard God like this before. She was struck by this voice and it had a deep impact on her.  I discovered that she eventually shared this message and the chapter from Proverbs with this church body and I know it will serve as an encouragement to them because it speaks so directly to their challenges. 

You can hear God's voice too.  It may not happen all the time, or even when you think it should happen, but I want to encourage you to have an expectancy that He will speak, He will communicate.  He will use scripture and He will speak to specific things going on in your life right now.

What an amazing hope we have to serve a God who is alive and who speaks to us.

Father, for those who are reading this and need to hear your voice, I ask that in the name of Jesus all hindrances would be removed, the voice of the Enemy would be silenced, and that the message would come through loud and clear.

BT