July 23
Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear Him, upon them that hope in His mercy; To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. Our soul waiteth for the LORD: He is our help and our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His holy name. Let Thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in Thee. Ps 33:18-22 (KJV)
Unchangeable God, Reliable God, Hallow be Thy Name, thank You Father for a bright morning You have given us blessed be to Thy Holy Name. We are most grateful to You are; You are dependable! Father. We praise and worship Lord now and forever more.
In our walk with God, we come to a stage we can hear God speaks to us, though He is not limited to just one way, sometimes God combines the ways He speaks to us. He chooses the way you understands Him better and communicate with you but most importantly is not how He speaks to us but that He speaks to us at all. Consider.
Long ago God spoke to the fathers by the prophets at different times and in different ways.—Hebrews 1:1
Our generation is preoccupied with methods. When we find a program that works in one business, we immediately want to package and distribute it so that it will work for others. This attitude carries over into the spiritual life as well. We spend much energy looking for spiritual disciplines, books, seminars, or conferences that “work” in order to feel satisfied with our Christian life. God does not want us to trust in methods. He wants us to trust in Him.
Trusting in methods rather than in a Person seriously limits the way we experience God. When we expect Him to speak to us only in predictable ways, we forget that God is much more complex than our perception of Him. In times past, God spoke in dreams and visions. He used nature; miraculous signs; prophets; a still, small voice; fire; trumpets; fleece; the casting of lots; and angels. He spoke in the middle of the night, during worship services, at mealtimes, during funerals, while people were walking along the road, through sermons, in the middle of a storm, and through His Son.
The important thing was not how God communicated, but that He spoke. If God always spoke to us through dreams, we would remain in our beds awaiting a divine revelation! The means God uses to communicate with us is irrelevant; the fact that He is communicating is what is critical.
Don’t limit yourself to a method, expecting only to hear from your Father in predictable ways. Rather, open yourself up to other means by which God wants to commune with you. Allow the Holy Spirit to sensitize you to God’s message at all times, in every location, under any circumstance. Then you will experience God in entirely new dimensions as you are receptive to His voice.
Beloved, can God truly be Reliable, can He be Dependable, can you authoritatively say “YES MY GOD IS UNCHANGBLE”. Lets us find out how one of forefathers was counted blessed through trusting and obedience step by step in his walk with God.
After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!”“Here I am,” he answered.“Take your son,” He said, “your only [son] Isaac, whom you love, go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.”—Genesis 22:1–2
Our difficulty is not that we don’t know God’s will. Our discomfort comes from the fact that we do know His will, but we do not want to do it!
When God first spoke to Abraham, His commands were straightforward. “Go to a land I will show you” (Gen. 12:1). Then God led Abraham through a number of tests over the years. Abraham learned patience as he waited on God’s promise of a son, which took twenty-five years to be fulfilled. Abraham learned to trust God through battles with kings and through the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
The pinnacle of Abraham’s walk of faith was when God asked him to sacrifice the one thing that meant more to him than anything else. Abraham’s previous obedience indicated that he would have quickly and decisively sacrificed anything else God asked of him, but was he prepared for this? God did not ask Abraham to make such a significant sacrifice at the beginning of their relationship. This came more than thirty years after Abraham began walking with God.
As the Father progressively reveals His ways to you in your Christian pilgrimage, you, like Abraham, will develop a deeper level of trust in Him. When you first became a Christian, your Master’s instructions were probably fundamental, such as being baptized or changing your lifestyle. But as you learn to trust Him more deeply, He will develop your character to match bigger tests, and with the greater test will come a greater love for God and knowledge of His ways. Are you ready for God’s next revelation?
Am sure you have learnt or discovered something that you will apply to your situation, in that circumstance and be blessed. If you can recall Abraham’s miraculous signs and wonders he experienced was not in hearing God but in his obedience to what God commanded him to do.
What has God revealed to you recently? What is that instruction you received, can take a step of faith? Is only a step that is required, remember can God be dependable? Can He be reliable? You can share your own experience with us and we publish it on the website to bless others.
Remain blessed in the Lord
Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu
