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He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1
A friend of mine always retorts of how she constantly hears from God, through nearly everything she encounters, from music, nature, other people and much more from the BIBLE. Just recently i deliberately took time to sit down and talk with her about the idea of hearing from God.
It's easy really to always find ourselves saying saying that i talked to God through prayer today and so fourth, but rarely do we take time to really say, i have heard from God with conviction. It's as if our hearing from God is more of a gamble that of certainty.
One important factor which my friend pointed out during our chart, was the issue of [wanting and being open to hearing from God]in other words the idea of being sensitive to God as we go through our day, not only that but the need for truthfulness. God is a holy and pure God hence there is no way we can attempt or even imagine of hearing from God if we are constantly living in sin!
Imagine it this way, think of someone you deeply, love adore, respect and believe in, how do you imagine and plan to encounter them, with all honesty, respect and senses wide alert!
During my reflection to this hearing from God business, i discovered that many a times we don't view our encounter with God as a practical relationship, we are fooled by some influence to relate with God as a mystical being somewhere, instead of personalizing our relationship with Him as someone real.
Another danger we easily get fooled by is that of seeing God as a responsive creature open to our needs and suggestions, who ought to fit into our plans. Instead of being in a relationship with Him and us desiring to fit into his plan for our lives. God is in constant communication with us, if only we would slow down and start heeding to his word, all will be well.
what got me excited to put this idea down really was the above word which i quoted from PSALM 91:1, which i felt strongly to be a word given to me by God today, i just received word earlier today that my close friend's relative had passed on, In this world we are constantly being hit by surprises i mean life is packed with uncertainties, hence my conclusion to all this is that we need to be people in constant hearing from God......
......for though we know not the future, we can be be sure of who holds the futures; OUR GOD
'LIFE is an unpredictable game, always unfolding what we may not exactly be expecting, hence we need to be open to whatever reality holds for us'
'life even in it's unpredictability; is still our gift from GOD'
'LORD help us live and face each day as you would have do, for ONLY in YOU lays certainty'
'life is not defined by the breath we take, but rather by the decisions we MAKE!'
"OUR EFFECTIVENESS in life lays not in our being sophisticated; but rather in our DEPENDENCE UPON GOD"
'NO MATTER what our circumstances may be, the REALITY of the matter still remains, GOD is love!
.........in the ALMIGHTY alone.....
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