Is God talking to you?
When the Holy Spirit calls you into a relationship with God, you develop a vigorous and sincere desire to hear God's voice and be guided by Him. When this does not happen immediately, we often become discouraged and often think we know what God wants us to do. Then when things don't work out the way we think they should, we become confused. This my dear brother and sister is normal because we have failed to understand God's process.
A process is:
(1) A series of actions directed toward a specific aim,
(2) A series of natural occurrences that produce change or development.
Every process has a beginning and for the Christian that process starts when we believe on God's Son, Jesus the Christ, and His finished work on the cross to pay for the sinful nature we inherited from our ancestors Adam and Eve. When we answer God's call and accept Him by faith we receive the special gift of His Spirit.
Hebrews 11:6 (KJV) But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for He that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.
Now that you have answered the call and received His Spirit the next step is to surrender your heart so the Holy Spirit can sit on the throne of your heart. When you have done this you will find a great change comes over you and you will no longer want to do the things of the flesh but will want to do the things of God.
This of course is not an immediate thing. It is part of the process, just like it takes more than 20 years to go from a baby to an adult, much longer for some of us than others, so also does it take time for you to go from a completely degenerate sinful person to a godly person. When you start listening to the Holy Spirit and you feel convicted for sinning and you want to confess your failure to the Lord and ask for forgiveness then you know the process is working to change you.
Unfortunately many suppress the Holy Spirit's conviction which causes a stunting of their spiritual growth delaying God's process to bring them to spiritual maturity where they can hear His voice and be aware of His guidance. This suppressing of the Spirit can also become a great hindrance in developing the close relationship we so desire and need, to have the abundant life Christ has promised. We set ourselves up for failure after failure trying to do things in our own strength instead of walking with Him and allowing Him to direct our lives.
I hope now you understand that it is by the degree of surrender you submit to the Holy Spirit, the more God's process works in you to bring you to the point where you can hear His voice and receive direction.
As we grow in spiritual maturity God allows trials to come into our lives. He does this so we will learn to rely on His provision to overcome the trials and grow stronger in our faith as we see His hand move in our lives and He becomes more real to us. As our faith grows with each trial we begin to understand how important we are to Him and the love He has for us. This helps us to gain that true perspective of who God is. The doubts fade away and we learn to give all of ourselves to Him knowing He is in complete control of His creation and the God who created millions of Galaxies with billions of stars, set each star in its place and gave each its name has a plan for your life and He will see it through to the end.
Philippians 1:6 (KJV) Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.
If you are allowing God's process to work in your life, then you are learning how to pray in God's will. This is a very important part of God's process and there is only one way to learn how to pray in His will. We should be studying His word and the lessons He left for us to learn so we can gain understanding and increase our faith. It is by knowing what He has already told us and the promises He has made from the lessons His word teaches us that we learn to listen to what I have heard described so many times as "That Still Small Voice."
That still small voice is not an audible sound you listen for. It is the Holy Spirit speaking in your heart, reminding you of the words God has written in His love letter to you. If you have not read His letter to you, you will not hear or understand what He is saying to you. You have not followed God's process.
John 14:26 (KJV) But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
During Biblical days God spoke to some by angels, some by dreams and even once through a donkey. God spoke to Moses "face to face."
Numbers 22:28 (KJV) And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
Exodus 33:11 (KJV) …and the LORD spoke unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
Today God has given us His Holy Spirit and His word so if you are looking for God to reveal Himself and are looking to have an extraordinary or astonishing experience you are not following God's process.
What God wants today from you is to come boldly before His throne, pray continually seeking His will and listen with your heart fully submitted to His Spirit. He wants you to understand you were created to glorify Him and He will guide you so you can fulfill your destiny.
Psalm 31:3 (KJV) …for Thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for Thy name's sake lead me and guide me.
Psalm 23:3 (KJV) He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
YES! God is talking to you, the question is: Are you listening?
Bob Goulding
When the Holy Spirit calls you into a relationship with God, you develop a vigorous and sincere desire to hear God's voice and be guided by Him. When this does not happen immediately, we often become discouraged and often think we know what God wants us to do. Then when things don't work out the way we think they should, we become confused. This my dear brother and sister is normal because we have failed to understand God's process.
A process is:
(1) A series of actions directed toward a specific aim,
(2) A series of natural occurrences that produce change or development.
Every process has a beginning and for the Christian that process starts when we believe on God's Son, Jesus the Christ, and His finished work on the cross to pay for the sinful nature we inherited from our ancestors Adam and Eve. When we answer God's call and accept Him by faith we receive the special gift of His Spirit.
Hebrews 11:6 (KJV) But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for He that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.
Now that you have answered the call and received His Spirit the next step is to surrender your heart so the Holy Spirit can sit on the throne of your heart. When you have done this you will find a great change comes over you and you will no longer want to do the things of the flesh but will want to do the things of God.
This of course is not an immediate thing. It is part of the process, just like it takes more than 20 years to go from a baby to an adult, much longer for some of us than others, so also does it take time for you to go from a completely degenerate sinful person to a godly person. When you start listening to the Holy Spirit and you feel convicted for sinning and you want to confess your failure to the Lord and ask for forgiveness then you know the process is working to change you.
Unfortunately many suppress the Holy Spirit's conviction which causes a stunting of their spiritual growth delaying God's process to bring them to spiritual maturity where they can hear His voice and be aware of His guidance. This suppressing of the Spirit can also become a great hindrance in developing the close relationship we so desire and need, to have the abundant life Christ has promised. We set ourselves up for failure after failure trying to do things in our own strength instead of walking with Him and allowing Him to direct our lives.
I hope now you understand that it is by the degree of surrender you submit to the Holy Spirit, the more God's process works in you to bring you to the point where you can hear His voice and receive direction.
As we grow in spiritual maturity God allows trials to come into our lives. He does this so we will learn to rely on His provision to overcome the trials and grow stronger in our faith as we see His hand move in our lives and He becomes more real to us. As our faith grows with each trial we begin to understand how important we are to Him and the love He has for us. This helps us to gain that true perspective of who God is. The doubts fade away and we learn to give all of ourselves to Him knowing He is in complete control of His creation and the God who created millions of Galaxies with billions of stars, set each star in its place and gave each its name has a plan for your life and He will see it through to the end.
Philippians 1:6 (KJV) Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.
If you are allowing God's process to work in your life, then you are learning how to pray in God's will. This is a very important part of God's process and there is only one way to learn how to pray in His will. We should be studying His word and the lessons He left for us to learn so we can gain understanding and increase our faith. It is by knowing what He has already told us and the promises He has made from the lessons His word teaches us that we learn to listen to what I have heard described so many times as "That Still Small Voice."
That still small voice is not an audible sound you listen for. It is the Holy Spirit speaking in your heart, reminding you of the words God has written in His love letter to you. If you have not read His letter to you, you will not hear or understand what He is saying to you. You have not followed God's process.
John 14:26 (KJV) But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
During Biblical days God spoke to some by angels, some by dreams and even once through a donkey. God spoke to Moses "face to face."
Numbers 22:28 (KJV) And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
Exodus 33:11 (KJV) …and the LORD spoke unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
Today God has given us His Holy Spirit and His word so if you are looking for God to reveal Himself and are looking to have an extraordinary or astonishing experience you are not following God's process.
What God wants today from you is to come boldly before His throne, pray continually seeking His will and listen with your heart fully submitted to His Spirit. He wants you to understand you were created to glorify Him and He will guide you so you can fulfill your destiny.
Psalm 31:3 (KJV) …for Thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for Thy name's sake lead me and guide me.
Psalm 23:3 (KJV) He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
YES! God is talking to you, the question is: Are you listening?
Bob Goulding
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