Jesus Christ is called the Word of God! That is His name, simply because He has the words that God has for us personally. Yet I have found many 'Christians' who called the Scriptures "The Word of God" and many don't hear from Him, or rarely hear from Him, or don't tend to pick up "words" from Him but maybe and unction or feeling from Him.
We are not preaching a feeling or unction from God. We are not preaching that He is dead or in some far-off place called heaven, but rather that the Word is near us and found in our hearts and even in our mouth. We also are not preaching the Bible as the Word of God but rather Jesus Christ as the Word of God!
The Holy Spirit once told me, "We don't us the Lord to preach the Scriptures, we use the Scriptures to preach the Lord." We get all that backwards because we just don't hear from Him like we should.
This morning He got me up and started talking to me about posting on the subject of hearing and Him as the Word of God. I don't like to, because while it is very simple, it is really hard to explain because too many don't hear from Him like they should. Even me. I don't hear from Hi like I should either, but I do pick up what He has to say to me in words most of the time.
First - God is spirit. So, we hear from the Holy Spirit of God and we do that hearing in our spirit. The Holy Spirit might speak to your spirit with enough power that you think what He said is audible, but it was not audible!! That is why Moses, at the Mountain of God, picked up words and the people picked up what sounded like thunder to them. It is also why Saul on the road heard the specific words the Lord had to say, but the people with only knew something was happening! It is written that His words are spirit and life... so don't go around thinking God is going to talk to you through sound waves!! The word of God we preach is thus found in your heart (not the physical, beat beat, heart) and in your mouth.
Second - To pick up those spiritual words from God given to your spirit you have to believe that God is there to talk to you!!!! This is very important - if you don't think God could be talking to you, then you won't be able to discern what His Holy Spirit puts in your spirit from you or what any other spirit puts in your spirit!! Paul wanted to know only one thing, and that was whether they received the Holy Spirit by works of the Law or by hearing with faith! Hearing by faith is indeed the One thing you must do!! Jesus told Martha that only one thing was need, and that was listening to Him like Mary was doing.
Third - Since we virtually go around all day thinking about physical, worldly, and fleshing things, we are really really not good and picking up spiritual things! So to start getting better at hearing with our spiritual ears, we have to start practicing using our spiritual ears!! Simply put, the more you start practicing trying to hear from the Lord the better you are going to get at picking up what the Lord is speaking to you. It will probably start of by picking up an unction or feeling, but you need to get to where His words start coming across to you as words! Again, we are preaching the Word of God, not the unction and feeling of God.
Fourth - The Holy Spirit is not the only spirit around. You have a spirit. There are evil spirits. And there is the Kingdom of God (those angelic spirits which He also sends to minister to you) and know that there are more with you than against you! Being aware of what is going on but being aware is not disregarding what is going on! That would be the opposite of being aware and is where most people are at!
Five - Make it easy. Too often people start to seek God by asking Him hard to believe for answers. Don't ask Him how to get a job, house, car, or a million dollars. Even if He told you, you would not believe it. Of course, He would probably tell you other things first. It is written that He guides our steps! So, He might be willing to give you a million dollars, but first you might need to go to the poorest countries in the world to prepare you for the job and house that He needs you in. And then the million dollars you get might be needed for something you had not thought about. You could be another Heidi Baker, but start by hearing Him for small things, like what step to take next. I got to really hearing from Him by asking Him what lane of the freeway I should be in while driving to work. That work well, but that is a story to be told later perhaps.
Six - ASK HIM QUESTIONS!!! Some have a concept about God that says He does not like questions. I remember a TV series called Joan of Arcadis, that seemed to present God and someone not willing to answer question. Nothing could be farther from the truth. He loves answering questions!! There is something written about you have not because you have not asked. That is about actual answers! It is too often presented as getting things! He is not a machine that just gives you what you want, but He is someone who really cares for you and part of that caring is that He wants to reprove you, teach you, give you good advice and counsel. Don't forget to make is easy, but do ask Him questions and listen with your spiritual ears. Faith comes by hearing, so the more you ask and listen the easier it will be to hear Him for the next thing!!
Seven - If you are still having trouble hearing from Him, seek some help from others that do hear from Him. There are some things that can get in the way of hearing from Him that are not just faith related. If you have forgiveness issues, that might be getting in your way. It is very simple to solve, but you still might need some prayer or even quality Christian Counselling. Never-the-Less, it is written that all those who seek find!! So if you are indeed seeking Him, He will take some action as needed to make sure that "all those who seek find!"
That is enough for right now. So if anyone is not hearing from Him "Today", let's start doing that, right?
We are not preaching a feeling or unction from God. We are not preaching that He is dead or in some far-off place called heaven, but rather that the Word is near us and found in our hearts and even in our mouth. We also are not preaching the Bible as the Word of God but rather Jesus Christ as the Word of God!
The Holy Spirit once told me, "We don't us the Lord to preach the Scriptures, we use the Scriptures to preach the Lord." We get all that backwards because we just don't hear from Him like we should.
This morning He got me up and started talking to me about posting on the subject of hearing and Him as the Word of God. I don't like to, because while it is very simple, it is really hard to explain because too many don't hear from Him like they should. Even me. I don't hear from Hi like I should either, but I do pick up what He has to say to me in words most of the time.
First - God is spirit. So, we hear from the Holy Spirit of God and we do that hearing in our spirit. The Holy Spirit might speak to your spirit with enough power that you think what He said is audible, but it was not audible!! That is why Moses, at the Mountain of God, picked up words and the people picked up what sounded like thunder to them. It is also why Saul on the road heard the specific words the Lord had to say, but the people with only knew something was happening! It is written that His words are spirit and life... so don't go around thinking God is going to talk to you through sound waves!! The word of God we preach is thus found in your heart (not the physical, beat beat, heart) and in your mouth.
Second - To pick up those spiritual words from God given to your spirit you have to believe that God is there to talk to you!!!! This is very important - if you don't think God could be talking to you, then you won't be able to discern what His Holy Spirit puts in your spirit from you or what any other spirit puts in your spirit!! Paul wanted to know only one thing, and that was whether they received the Holy Spirit by works of the Law or by hearing with faith! Hearing by faith is indeed the One thing you must do!! Jesus told Martha that only one thing was need, and that was listening to Him like Mary was doing.
Third - Since we virtually go around all day thinking about physical, worldly, and fleshing things, we are really really not good and picking up spiritual things! So to start getting better at hearing with our spiritual ears, we have to start practicing using our spiritual ears!! Simply put, the more you start practicing trying to hear from the Lord the better you are going to get at picking up what the Lord is speaking to you. It will probably start of by picking up an unction or feeling, but you need to get to where His words start coming across to you as words! Again, we are preaching the Word of God, not the unction and feeling of God.
Fourth - The Holy Spirit is not the only spirit around. You have a spirit. There are evil spirits. And there is the Kingdom of God (those angelic spirits which He also sends to minister to you) and know that there are more with you than against you! Being aware of what is going on but being aware is not disregarding what is going on! That would be the opposite of being aware and is where most people are at!
Five - Make it easy. Too often people start to seek God by asking Him hard to believe for answers. Don't ask Him how to get a job, house, car, or a million dollars. Even if He told you, you would not believe it. Of course, He would probably tell you other things first. It is written that He guides our steps! So, He might be willing to give you a million dollars, but first you might need to go to the poorest countries in the world to prepare you for the job and house that He needs you in. And then the million dollars you get might be needed for something you had not thought about. You could be another Heidi Baker, but start by hearing Him for small things, like what step to take next. I got to really hearing from Him by asking Him what lane of the freeway I should be in while driving to work. That work well, but that is a story to be told later perhaps.
Six - ASK HIM QUESTIONS!!! Some have a concept about God that says He does not like questions. I remember a TV series called Joan of Arcadis, that seemed to present God and someone not willing to answer question. Nothing could be farther from the truth. He loves answering questions!! There is something written about you have not because you have not asked. That is about actual answers! It is too often presented as getting things! He is not a machine that just gives you what you want, but He is someone who really cares for you and part of that caring is that He wants to reprove you, teach you, give you good advice and counsel. Don't forget to make is easy, but do ask Him questions and listen with your spiritual ears. Faith comes by hearing, so the more you ask and listen the easier it will be to hear Him for the next thing!!
Seven - If you are still having trouble hearing from Him, seek some help from others that do hear from Him. There are some things that can get in the way of hearing from Him that are not just faith related. If you have forgiveness issues, that might be getting in your way. It is very simple to solve, but you still might need some prayer or even quality Christian Counselling. Never-the-Less, it is written that all those who seek find!! So if you are indeed seeking Him, He will take some action as needed to make sure that "all those who seek find!"
That is enough for right now. So if anyone is not hearing from Him "Today", let's start doing that, right?
