Do You Hear What God Is Saying? IV

ByPastor Rufus Ajiboye Reading Time: 4 minutes

I am glad to greet you in our column „Daily Word for Spiritual Strength”! I thank the Lord for the opportunity to share with you the revelations that God gives me. God wants His people to get to know His Word – the truth that sets a person free from every lie and sin. The Bible says that Jesus came to give us life, and life in abundance. God’s life is hidden in His Word. In order to have this life in abundance, we need to love His Word and learn to listen to His voice and be led by it.

Let us look at an example from Paul’s life.

“Much time had been lost, and sailing had already become dangerous because by now it was after the Fast. So Paul warned them, “Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be disastrous and bring great loss to ship and cargo, and to our own lives also.” But the centurion, instead of listening to what Paul said, followed the advice of the pilot and of the owner of the ship.” (Acts 27: 9-11).

Through Paul, God said that the journey would be dangerous and difficult, but the centurion put more trust in the opinions and forecasts of the experts, the pilot and the owner of the ship, because their instruments pointed to good weather and not to what Paul was saying. As soon as they set out on their journey, a strong wind broke out. The instruments could not warn them about the wind. It is like when meteorologists forecast one kind of weather, but we see something totally different. Experts can make mistakes!! That is why we need to train our spirit to hear what only GOD says.

Choose for yourself which voice you are going to believe. Jesus says that if you are His sheep, you have the opportunity and the ability to hear God’s voice, especially when not everything in your life happens the way you want. God wants to speak to you and guide you in these situations. The Bible says,

“Be still, and know that I am God, …” (Psalms 46:10).

In order to hear God’s voice, you need to learn to stop and calm down. Quiet your mind, feelings and emotions, and only then will you be able to hear what God is saying to you. When you learn to hear God’s voice, you will have not only eternal life, but also life in abundance, which is hidden within you. There will be problems, but you will be able to rejoice, because you will be sure that your God has an answer to every question and that your God is able to solve any problem. The human mind tries to calculate everything – how things are going, how everything should happen. Our minds work like fast processors. But the problem is that situations arise in our lives that we cannot solve. What happens to our mind-processor then? It crashes. The Bible teaches us,

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” (Proverbs 3:5).

In schools and universities, we are taught to trust only our own minds. That is not bad in itself, for God has given us minds for a purpose – but not so that we would think our mind is equal to God’s mind. We have been taught to trust our minds so thoroughly that it is hard for us to change and start trusting and putting our hope in the Lord. Those who have always trusted their own minds find it difficult to switch over and trust God. But God says,

“In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 3:6).

God promises that He will guide us. But it is important to understand that God does not always guide and lead you where you want to go, and sometimes the way will not be easy and comfortable. God will lead you in His ways, because He does it with the purpose of taking you where you need to be! Trust the Lord in this, because He knows the end from the very beginning.

We will continue this topic tomorrow!

May God guard you today!

Pastor Rufus Ajiboye

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