After attending a group meeting of friends within my church, the leader spoke a phrase that stuck in my head; Whatever God wants you to do will weigh on your mind, so just go and do it. If it is ironing, then go iron. (There were a bunch of freaked out moms in the group, because summer had just started.) After a lot of thought that evening, I woke up on Thursday morning with the “plan” to only do what God told me … make no plans, and truly give it over to Him. I could do this for a whole day … right?
Each and every one of us has the ability to hear and obey God. Some see Him as a giant man in white robes looking down, others envision him differently. But to hear, and know it’s Him … that is completely different. I once had a friend that used to say “God is screaming at me, I just can’t hear what he is saying.” That friend wasn’t looking for God, but for excuses to not do anything. God doesn’t scream, he comes into our heads with a tiny whisper, and if you are screaming, you won’t hear it. Psalm 46:10 even spells that out … “Be still and know that I am God.” The fact that we humans have the audacity to “think” that we plan and create our own destiny blows Him away.
The very first thought I had that day was, “God, what are we going to do today?” Immediately my thought was, “get up … ” which isn’t normal, but I listened and obeyed.
Next came, “Go outside and sit for a minute.” Well, I’m a smoker, so that wasn’t hard … especially with a cup of coffee! But, when I went to grab the book I’m reading, another one flew into my head … “Get that Bible over there instead.” Again, I did it. Outside on my porch, I “randomly” (you learn nothing with God is random), opened the Bible to wherever it fell … Matthew 6:33 “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and ALL these things will be added unto you.” WOW, that was a pretty big promise first thing in the morning!
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