Ps 78: 1,2 Listen, O my people, to my instruction: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old
When pointing people to Jesus Christ, and this includes myself too, I tell them to listen for His words! That is what I try to do.
There are a number of issues that come up when you try to hear from Him. For example: you have to do it by faith. Also, God is spirit so it is His Holy Spirit that speaks to your spirit. You don't hear sound waves but that still small voice which is found in your heart, or perhaps on your lips. Another thing is that God is not the only spirit. There are also angels and fallen angels (demons, evil spirits), so discernment is needed. Another thing is that His thoughts are not your thoughts and His ways not your ways. All those things and more create issues when seeking to hear from Him.
One of the more (other issues) which I want to discuss is the picking Him up like though a glass darkly and picking Him up in dark sayings and parables. The saying are not dark because they are evil but because you have to get light on them! Now this mean a couple of things, but primarily it means we need to seek Him again after we get something from Him!
So often I see where a Christian picks up a word from the Lord and instantly breaks off the conversation with the Lord! They sometimes also instantly blurt out what they heard without thinking about it first. This can create problems!
Note: it is also written that what you hear whispered in your ear, shout on the house tops! - but that doesn't mean you should get some more information and understanding on the way to the house top to shout!
We need to have an understanding that no matter how clearly we think we got a word from the Lord - we see though a glass darkly and He speaks to us in dark sayings and parables!!!
When pointing people to Jesus Christ, and this includes myself too, I tell them to listen for His words! That is what I try to do.
There are a number of issues that come up when you try to hear from Him. For example: you have to do it by faith. Also, God is spirit so it is His Holy Spirit that speaks to your spirit. You don't hear sound waves but that still small voice which is found in your heart, or perhaps on your lips. Another thing is that God is not the only spirit. There are also angels and fallen angels (demons, evil spirits), so discernment is needed. Another thing is that His thoughts are not your thoughts and His ways not your ways. All those things and more create issues when seeking to hear from Him.
One of the more (other issues) which I want to discuss is the picking Him up like though a glass darkly and picking Him up in dark sayings and parables. The saying are not dark because they are evil but because you have to get light on them! Now this mean a couple of things, but primarily it means we need to seek Him again after we get something from Him!
So often I see where a Christian picks up a word from the Lord and instantly breaks off the conversation with the Lord! They sometimes also instantly blurt out what they heard without thinking about it first. This can create problems!
Note: it is also written that what you hear whispered in your ear, shout on the house tops! - but that doesn't mean you should get some more information and understanding on the way to the house top to shout!
We need to have an understanding that no matter how clearly we think we got a word from the Lord - we see though a glass darkly and He speaks to us in dark sayings and parables!!!
