What I need to hear often

James 4:8 "Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; for your loyalty is divided between God and the world."

We live in a noise rich community of sounds. In fact, when there is silence, sometimes it's freaky and weird. Most of us can't handle silence because we are so conditioned to hear something.

In the silence we have to listen closely to what's not there, or what we are trying to hear intently.

It's in the whispers, that we hear God. And there are times when only our spirits can hear what He is trying to tell us.

The Spirit has a language all His own.

When God placed His dream for me on my heart it was something I knew was right because I was prepared to "hear" it. I think about the times we often miss the directions that God has for us because we want it to make sense and want to know all the details first before we believe that our dreams are possible.

So how do you hear clearly what God wants to say? It starts in your heart.

Having a relationship with Jesus is first and foremost. He is our Designer and He has patterned you with your unique, only for you, inmost parts. Once you have given your heart over, fully, then your mind follows. When you incline your heart, your soul, and your mind to God. then, your spirit is ready to listen to the voice of God. It's like having an unseen hand on your car radio volume control. As the noise of the world diminishes, God's whispers are loud and clear.

I was once asked if God's voice was audible and how I knew for sure God speaks? Like He only spoke to those Old Testament Bible gurus. You have to know His words to recognize them as right and true. You have to talk to Him like the Friend that He is. You have be still and guard your mind to listen intently.

God speaks today.

You have to get real before God, so you can hear Him speak from His heart of love for you. What I need most is to hear the love God has for me. His love speaks continually and it's the only love that matters. When you turn down the volume of the world, you can hear it too.

Why does the world seem so loud? As we know from raising children, the loudest gets the most attention. God's voice of truth silently speaks love in my life. You say you've never heard God speak? It doesn't have to be an audible sound,

I encourage you with this this: Your inmost being knows the sound of the Lord. God is a speaking Spirit. I know ...I just talked to Him.

What are you listening to the most?

The Day I Stopped Reading The Bible

The Day I Stopped Reading This

This "girls weekend" had been planned for a while, and I for one was super-excited to get away with these two ladies.  We had become quite close since our international mission trip to the Dominican Republic.  We were headed to Branson, MO.

Just the girls.  Yes!

With Google maps loaded on phones, we three girls set out to have some weekend fun. And....fun, we had.

It was in the backseat of Andrea's car that God kicked my gut with this question, as we were in the middle of catching up with each other.

"When are you going to stop dancing around my Word, and start doing what it says?"

Ouch.

That was the day that I stopped reading the Bible.

I stopped reading, and started studying it.  I now....stop and study words, I pray over it.  I dwell on it, I absorb God's truth like a sponge.  Verse by verse.

James 1:22 -25  "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.  Do what it says.  Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.  But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it-he will be blessed in what he does."

When I dwell on God's Word, I am doing more than just reading it in a year.  For me that plan is too fast because I am a slow learner.  When I stop and do what the Bible says, I am reflecting God's truth.  I can remember what I am called to do, to be His Light.  I have freedom in the truth that I read.  I have forgiveness, I am reminded of His love for me.  I could go on and on....and will.

I stopped reading the Bible that day, and started studying it.  I started doing what the Bible says.

I am pursuing God's purity.  That is God's best for me.

How about you?