Wait, rewind, so we can for REAL talk to God?
I can literally talk to God and as a father listens to his little girl, He listens to me, and then WAIT….He actually responds?
The concept, no, the REALITY, that the maker of the stars, the one who SPOKE the universe into being…the one who has no beginning and no end, the sustainer of my very life…that He is readily listening and responding to my every word just absolutely blows my mind.
Now heres the thing. I always knew in my head that God listens and speaks to His people but for some reason this simple yet extraordinary truth never took that 18in leap from my head to your heart. So to bring it down to a personal note, and experience God speaking to me in such specific and piercing ways, just makes my stand back with my mouth hanging open in utter awe.
As of lately God has been teaching me about hearing His voice, trusting that I hear His voice, and then moving forward knowing that He indeed has spoken and acting upon that…whatever that might look like. Satan absolutely hates that we have this kind of access to our Father and so when He does speak, what happens?
Doubt, Doubt, DOUBT. It flows like freakin’ NIAGRA FALLS.
But we don’t have to give in to that. Since God has been teaching and challenging me so much in this area I decided to fling all doubt to the wind and just see what happened.
So I sat down with God and asked Him for words for each and everyone of my team mates. I asked Him to clear my head of anything that was of me, of any distractions, and to tell me what HE wanted to say to each of them. It only took a couple minutes for each of them. I got very clear pictures for all of them. Pictures that I completely did NOT understand.
“Haha, suuuuuure” was my first thought. But I said I wouldn’t let doubt have any place in this and so that night during ‘Team Time’ I told each individual what God asked me to say. HELLO confirmation. Some of my teammates had been given the same word for the same person….. just in a different package. I was ecstatic. Not because ‘Oh look…I was right’….not because I felt more competent in any way really, but rather I couldn’t help but MARVEL at how GOD SPEAKS.
To marvel at the fact that as I sat on that little couch in the living room, I asked my Daddy for something. And because He was listening to me, He explained to me what He wanted to say in something as simple as a picture. Thats the Father’s heart right there.
“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. ” – James 1:5-6
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Here are some quick pictures of ministry and life the last couple days. Its been a weeeee bit chilly! (ok, a lot bit chilly)
