The last 2 weeks, we've continued on with our "Walking with God" series and talked about both directions of our communication with God: listening & talking.
Lets talk about last week first. That was the week we talked about "Listening to God."
Here are some thots…
- The Big Idea — My main thot was that God speaks to us in a VARIETY of ways (think Hebrews 1:1-2). We just aren't often listening. God sheep always hear his voice (see John 10:3).
- Intentional Listening — Listening to God needs to come BEFORE talking to God (James 1:19). But MAN do I want to grow in this area…seems it's a lot more natural to talk than to listen!!! We need to WATCH for it (think Ephesians 6:18).
- Marco Polo — Remember that pool game? ("Marco!!! Polo!!!") That's just what following God is all about…following the voice of a being you cannot see. I didn't even have this example until I was in the middle of the message…but God "faxed it in!"
- Speaking thru Others??? — Sometimes people have a tough time with this. They want to hear God directly & DISCOUNT how God sometimes speaks to us through other people. A great example of this is the King & Prophet David…when he hears from God through his friend Nathan in 2 Samuel 7.
- Spoken to You??? — So…got any stories of how God spoke to you recently??? 🙂
This week was such a blessing to me in many ways but two main points were right on time.
1-I have been overwhelmed because I have not been handing things over.
2-I have been lonely, and frustrated with my lack of partnership in parenting because I forgot that HE is my husband and a father to my children.
During this week’s lesson- I heard “I supply all your needs.”- That means ALL!!! I have not because I haven’t been asking…I needed to be reminded that even the dumb things, the little things, HE cares about those because HE knows they pile up on me. When Pastor Tim compared our commuication with HIM to our children communicating with us, or even more powerful was the walking partner comparison, these really broke my heart. I never want to make my Daddy sad and that hurt my heart to think I had been doing just that. The message was a big blessing this week!!! Thank you, Lord!
Lisa, thanks so much for your story. It means a TON to hear how God is working in your life!