GOD STILL SPEAKS TODAY PART 2

God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on Him – Hudson Taylor.

Are you weak and feeble as a result of life’s challenges? If yes, you are qualified to hear from God because when he uses you in your feeble or weak state, you will never forget to give Him all the glory. You will not trust in yourself but rather in Him only. Pride will die from your life when you hear from Him as someone who isn’t qualified to be chosen by Hs Spirit to be His mouthpiece. Oh how I love His voice!

The third reason why some people don’t hear from God is that they are always noisy. Their souls are full of so much noise. After praying, learn to wait on God for sometime. Be silent and expect Him to speak back to you because prayer is not a monologue but rather a dialogue. As you wait the first day, you may not hear anything. This may continue for sometime till the great Monarch who is King decides to speak. Until he sees your passion, commitment to always be in His presence and expect to hear His voice, you may not hear from Him. Isaiah 40:31 says “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” You want strength? You want to do the natural supernaturally and the supernatural naturally? Learn to wait, I say. Some people even talk on phone as they pray, others chat with friends or even watch movies. God may answer your prayers but for Him to talk back to you that way is always difficult because he wants you to give him all your attention for you to hear His still voice. As some people pray, their minds shift to the fresh yoghurt they bought in their fridge, the soup on fire, their car they need to wash before they leave for work among others. When you are even with your partner and they notice you have a divided attention, do they feel happy with you? Some may decide to become quiet because you are not with them. God Almighty too does same when your mind is far away from Him. Empty your soul for the time you are with Him in prayer and refill it with scriptures of glory, thanksgiving, His Spirit etc and allow Him to also minister to you. Without scriptures in your soul, your mind will naturally travel outside of His presence and as result you may not hear His precious voice. That’s why it’s also very important to learn God’s word, and meditate on it. You can wait on the Lord quietly with powerful spirit filled music devoid of all sorts of distractions. And one day you will hear him say “ Martha, Peter, I’m with you always “. Guess how you would feel!

1 Kings 19:11-13 speaks of this voice:

11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake:

12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

Oh the ways of God! How can the Almighty God not be in the Wind, the Fire and the Earthquake, but rather he was in the still small voice. You see, even though, he can use the aforementioned elements to speak to you, he would prefer using the “small still voice” because He wants you to be quiet!

The fourth reason why, we may not hear from God is because we are in a hurry to force Him to speak. Too much hurry leads to so much sorry ( regrets) later. I want to marry, I’m growing old, my parents and friends are mounting pressure on me to marry. Pressure is not of God for in His time, He makes all things beautiful – Ecclesiastes 3:11. His time is not your time and when his time is up no man can stop it. Yes, humanly speaking, it looks like if you don’t get married now, you may experience menopause soon or have fibroids or you may go on retirement and still be taking age of your children because you gave birth to them “ late”. No Holy Spirit filled believer thinks that way! Negativity should never be your portion. You operate by a higher law which is the law of the Spirit. Ordinary men can be thinking that way and not you because your God is not limited by our natural laws. Philippians 4:8 says:

8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Think on these things. See yourself having your children, how it would feel like getting married, having your own house and giving the glory to Jesus! Don’t push men of God to tell you what God isn’t saying just to satisfy you. I’ll never manufacture any lie to satisfy a man or a woman. Don’t do anything till God speaks, no matter how long it takes. Let people talk! If you listen to people and there are problems tomorrow, these same people will leave you alone for you to carry your problem. Don’t marry an unbeliever because you feel your time is running out and that God has not been faithful to you. When Lazarus died, Jesus never went to resurrect him but when he started decaying after 4 days, Jesus appeared and demonstrated His power by resurrecting him and that brought glory to God. Is your situation worse than that? I heard of a testimony yesterday in one of Apostle Joshua Selman’s meetings abroad where a a barren woman gave birth to a set of triplets at the age of 59. You are not permitted to be barren under 90 because Sarah gave birth at 90. If you are below 90, rejoice for your Redeemer lives. Don’t marry an unbeliever and later come and force God to tell you whether it’s His will or not. That marriage is even unscriptural.

Henceforth, you shall not miss the Lord’s voice when He speaks because you have received light from His word and that light shall affect those connected to you.

Shalom!

Dr. David Tobi Ogoudou