Sometimes preachers speak “peace” to us and sometimes we
speak it to ourselves. We think we are
doing well when we “claim a verse” as God’s promise to us but we must be
absolutely certain that the living and active Spirit of the Living God has
spoken that word to us. God does still
speak to His children. Jesus said His
sheep would recognize His voice. Sadly,
our world gets noisier every day and the chances of randomly hearing His voice
gets slimmer.
We carry noise and distractions with us everywhere we
go. Our lives are cluttered with
interruptions and it is a struggle to think deeply about anything.
The sad truth is many people claim to be Christians but they
have no desire at all to know Christ well, to talk to Him and know what He
expects of them. They do not pursue
truth in the innermost. They find
something that feels right and good and they embrace it as truth whether it is
or not. They forget that God has an enemy and this enemy is the master
deceiver.
A follower of Christ must want to hear His voice- must want the absolute truth. We must crave it- pray for it- look in the Bible
for it. We must ask God to “lead me to a
passage that speaks to where I am today”. However, it is a sobering thing to
hear from Him because then we cannot claim to “not know” the truth. It is like a child playing outside and making
lots of noise so he “doesn’t hear” his mother calling him to come inside. If he hears he is obligated to obey or risk
punishment. The positive side is that if
we asked God for directions on making a decision and felt like we heard from
Him then we can proceed with great peace and confidence. And it will be a real peace.
We have to fight for the truth- sometimes it’s like looking
for a hidden treasure in a garbage dump.
It is a lot of work, there are many distractions and a lot of junk to
wade through. But God does love to bless
the children who persevere in this work and finding a jewel can be the most
joy-filled, exciting thing! It makes all
of the work worth the effort! Truth is
priceless.
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