The LORD loves to communicate with His children!
This new season of my life has brought with it some pretty incredible conversations with God.
I remember being at places in my life during which I felt I was simply not connecting with God…that I wasn’t hearing Him speak to me, that He wasn’t directly involved in my life, most often coming to the conclusion that He simply didn’t have anything to say. But now I have realized how completely backwards I had it; God has SO much to say to me. He has so much to say to all of us! The problem was, I wouldn’t sit still long enough to hear Him out.
In this new season, that is nearly all I do. I sit and listen to the LORD speak to me, and it has been more fruitful than I ever could have expected.
This morning I had about two hours to kill between chapel and my next class. I went to the library, as I usually do, found a nice seat by the window, and got out my poetry anthology and my Bible. I knew I had to read the anthology for class, but felt for some reason that I should just read my Bible instead. I hesitated, however, because I had no idea what book to read, what scripture to seek out, etc. I internally declared that if God wanted me to read from my Bible during those two hours, He would have to reveal to me which book to start in.It sounds a little silly now, but it seemed perfectly logical to me at the time.
Although I gave God such a seemingly silly task, He answered me. About ten poems into my anthology, my reading came to a complete halt upon reading the word “Corinthians” in one of the poems. My initial reaction was to laugh in utter shock, and then thought myself foolish, for of course the LORD would be faithful in my request, no matter how trivial it seemed to me.
I reached for my Bible and opened to 1 Corinthians.Now, this is a book that I have read many times before, but for some reason when I was reading it this morning, it completely rocked my world. I got so much truth out of it that I had never before realized, truth that directly pertained to what is currently going on in my life, the content of which I am sure I will post about soon.
But for now, I just stand in awe of the our Father’s faithfulness.Today, I encourage you all to be completely open to what the LORD is trying to communicate to you…and then simply listen to Him. Don’t close yourself off to any venue of communication. Just Listen, and be obedient…and before long, you will see how fruitful that communication can be.
