Just a thought
Pastor Ken’s sermon today really hit home! How many times do we blame our actions on God. I am sure he really gets tired of that. Can you imagine wanting to do something specific and someone taking it totally out of context and telling everyone that is what you “said” to do. Wow! We really need to make sure what we are feeling is truly from God and not our Taco’s from the night before. When you say or act a certain way and say that is was God or that God told you, you better be very careful, otherwise you have now just become a liar. Or maybe a false prophet. Worse you couldcause someone to fall! I don’t want to do any of that!
As a body of believers we need to make sacred the things of God and know his voice. You know when someone calls you on the phone and you know who it is because, you know their voice. But sometimes when there sick, or have been crying etc., you sometimes have to ask, who it is. That’s what I think happens a lot of the time in the body of Christ. Instead of making sure who they are hearing from, they jump on the “God Thing”. Know God’s voice. His spoken Word will not return void! His Word will bring truth, and His Word brings clarity not confusion. Remember to back it up with scripture! My father always use to tell me, can you back it with scripture?
God does not always have to roll the clouds back, send in a lighting bolt and fry a bush to talk to you! God speaks all the time, and we don’t listen. We want to do all the talkin! Hey try this, just be quiet! Now my husband would tell me to take my own advise, and you know what? I AM!
jeffbechta said,
October 15, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Cher,
You nailed that one on the head…
I think many people need to check their egos at the door. I know that sometimes people just like to hear themselves speak and at the same time do not realize who is listening. As a person of leadership at Discover Life Church, I have to hold myself to a higher standard. If I say something, the people who may be listening, especially the ones that I do not realize are around, will take my words and act on them if they are compelled to.
I appreciate your divine honesty. This even encourages me to pause before speaking to make sure what I speak is truly God inspired and as you put it, “ot the Tacos from the night before”.
To God be the Glory…