Psalm 24:1
I'd like to share again about the importance of hearing what the Spirit of the Lord is saying to us individually. I don't think we've ever lived in a time where the value of what He has to say to us on a personal and intimate level has been greater than the days we're living in now. Who else knows us like God? Who else knows what we as His individual children are called to be and do? When we must make decisions, small and great, who better can we trust but His Spirit who lives within us and loves us with an everlasting love!
Even if we've relied largely on hearing in the past, as we mature In Him, we have to understand and trust on a higher level than we had to before. Now, even as the fig tree "spoke" to Jesus, probably saying something like "There's no fruit here to nourish You! Similarly, the negative circumstances in the world speak to us, perhaps saying, "Things aren't going to get better for you, you're just going to have to live with it." Jesus knew how to answer the fig tree and we must learn to answer such threats to us as well. To answer these questions we must have answers. To have answers, we must know what God is saying to us through His written Word and His spoken Word. We also need to better understand the ways He speaks to us personally when it's just me or you alone with Him and in need of comfort and some real answers. And I'll boldly say that the same anointed Spirit who lived in Jesus lives in those of us who've received Him and He KNOWS exactly how to help us with it all.
All I know is I need to hear Him more clearly than ever. My desire is to hear Him with greater acuity and clarity! It's a necessity for me in order to live in the kind of peace that only He offers. I want His peace to direct my life and for that I need to hear His voice more clearly. I write this today to share what I've received from Him and to encourage you to keep going back to Him over and over to hear and receive what He wants to say to you personally. In the same vein, I want to also share a link to a Kenneth Hagin teaching which strengthened, clarified and solidified my understanding and offered me great encouragement.
I keep hearing the phrase, "recurrent training", so it seems right to give voice to it now. Here's the understanding that came with it as a reminder. We can go through seasons when we apply faith principles regularly, but while we're growing In Him and while life's circumstances change, and time moves on things can slip a little at a time. Thus, the day will come when we must not only take a deeper look at them, but also advance in our understanding and application of the basics regarding those principles. I believe hearing is an area where many may need this kind of recurrent training. So along with this post, I'm changing the "Featured Post" on this blog to one I re-posted in October, 2021 titled, "It's All About Hearing" repost. Reading it again encouraged me, and I trust it will do the same for you.
(Added January4, 2024) So without further ado, here's a link to another most excellent video on "hearing" by Kenneth E. Hagin since the original is no longer available. I trust you'll find this teaching, Steps To Hearing God's Voice, both encouraging and helpful.
Blessings to all.
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