Being the analytical type, I've often pondered the question...Does God still speak today? I believed that God spoke, yes, but only through Scripture, perhaps through circumstances, and maybe, just maybe, through other people, but audible voices? still small voices? dreams? visions? Hmmmmm.....
A couple of years ago, I began attending a small church that teachs that God is our Father, and He still speaks to us today...in fact, He loves to speaks to us today.
This past weekend I attended a bible course called "The Art of Hearing God"....very cool, very scriptural, and very enlightening. Learning that He still speaks and knowing how to hear Him was just the half of it...the greater part was that He is far more interested in developing our character than He is in developing our gifts, which is why He is still speaking, however I digress. So, I came home all heightened and excited and had a wonderful conversation with Booboo about it when Hotty Hubby came into the room. Suffice it to say, he is not so sure God speaks. In fact, he believes that He doesn't. His will is set out in the Word, and that's all we need to know. I asked him...."so, you're saying, that as a father, all you need to do it write Booboo or Gruntman a letter, spelling out all that you expect of them, leave it with them, and then go on a long long vacation somewhere?" He answered by saying "Booboo already knows my will....it's my will that she clean up her room...so why would she come to ask me, father, what is your will?"......to which I WISH I had of replied...."yeah, ok, but what if you wanted her to stop and pick up milk on the way home...how would you communicate that will to her??".....but I didn't think of that at the time. Don't you just hate it when you think of good rebuttals too late? Anyway, I digress again.....
Our conversation was very respectful, and it gave me a lot to think about.....and I hope it gave him a lot to think about. Being as I respect my husband's opinion, I went to bed pondering the whole issue yet again....what if he's right? What am I learning? Believing? I started to pray about it, but fell asleep....oops.....anyway, the next morning, this past Sunday, I got up, and with the question still rolling around in my brain, did a really silly thing. I googled "does God speak" and read several arguments....many saying yes and why, and many saying no, and why not. Has the church ... the One Bride of Christ...always been so argumentative? Needless to say, I was a tad bit confused and quickly developed a "whatever attitude"... So, I made my breakfast, and sat down on the sofa in the family room....turned on the telly....and given sports was on the morning news, channel flipped to The Hour of Power.
Now, I NEVER watch the Hour of Power, but I stopped at it, and at that moment the dude in the robe was asking this beautiful black woman what she was going to sing...here is what she said:
"A song called God Speaks, because there are people out there right now who are struggling and doubting that He still speaks to us today"
Do you believe in coincidences, or in a God who still speaks to us today, using whatever means He wants to?
6 comments:
We agree that God can speak to creation today...it is God's perogative to speak how and to whom He wishes. We may disagree about the frequency and circumstances under which He speaks to modern believers.
From the Scriptures we see that God spoke in numerous ways to a variety of people. Is one means more typical than another? It doesn't seem so; the "still, small voice" of God is often cited, but Ezekiel described the voice as loud, as did John.
More consistent is the evidence that accompanies God's communication. While Divine revelation may be self-authenticating to the primary recipient, secondary recipients are ALWAYS provided means by which they may KNOW that God has truly spoken; Moses' withered hand, his staff, the plagues are certainly examples, as is Jesus' claim about the rebuilding of the temple. When God speaks, there is no ambiguity about the source of message or its content. In short, if one questions whether God has spoken, He hasn't.
Lastly, for those who claim that God has spoken to them, the bar was set exceedingly high. Paul said to "test all things," and that includes purported messages from God. In the OT, those who claimed to speak God's words and later proved to be mistaken were subject to capital punishment for their error. It seems to me that modern believers would do well to be more judicious about what they "hear from God."
I believe that was a God-incidence! He led you to that program at just the right time. I believe He speaks, but I fear that I am often not quiet enough to listen!
I'm am glad I stopped by today.
Your experience here was beautiful...and way too "coincidental" to be a coincidence! I believe that God does indeed speak...especially as we take the time to be quiet enough to listen...
Blessings on you...I'm glad you're here!
I believe!
in the Word Jesus says my sheep hear my voice... why would He say that if He is not speaking to us?
i absolutely believe God still speaks today. i have heard Him in many different ways. sometimes it is almost an audible voice. i cannot imagine living life *not* believing or experiencing God speaking to me. perhaps if i had family, that would be different. but given that God IS my family, i am SO grateful that He does speak to me.
(btw - LOVE the clean her room thing!!!!!)
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