My Utmost For His Highest
‘The call of God is the expression of God’s nature, not ours.
God providentially weaves the threads of His call through our lives, and only
we can distinguish them. It is the threading of God’s voice directly to us over
a certain concern, and it is useless to seek another person’s opinion of it.
Our dealings over the call of God should be kept exclusively between ourselves
and Him.
The call of God is not a reflection of my nature; my personal
desires and temperament are of no consideration. As long as I dwell on my own qualities and traits and think about what
I am suited for, I will never hear the call of God. But when God brings me
into the right relationship with Himself, I will be in the same condition
Isaiah was. Isaiah was so attuned to God, because of the great crisis he had
just endured, that the call of God penetrated his soul. The majority of us cannot hear anything but ourselves. And we cannot
hear anything God says. But to be brought to the place where we can hear the
call of God is to be profoundly changed.’ CHAMBERS
“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us
in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf
world.” C.S. Lewis
God speaks to us through His Word and through life
by His Spirit. A technique I have seen
teachers use is to speak to their class very softly, forcing the class to be
quiet so they could hear. We need to
take time to be quiet and listen to the Lord.
But then, there is more to it than that.
We need to do what God tells us to do. If you are a Christian you have a constant
witness within you, the Holy Spirit.
1
Kings 19:11-13 ” Then
He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the
Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke
the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and
after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after
the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a
still small voice. So it was, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in
his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a voice
came to him, and said, “What are you
doing here, Elijah?”
Have you ever heard that question asked of
you? What are you doing here? Why are you living your life in this manner? Why have you drifted away from Me? Why have
you not done what I told you to do?
Very often we allow the world and the things of
this world to drown out the Lord’s voice.
Take time to listen to Him today.
Jesus said “But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as
I said to you. My sheep hear My voice,
and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they
shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.” John 10:26-28
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
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