Hearing Gods voice #2 The wave or the Wind

 

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When you head out of town are you the guy who has every little detail mapped out? You know, not only what roads, highways and interstates but also what restaurants what bathroom stops, what hotels, what sites to see etc… 

if you are… I bet you drive God crazy!

 

Remember this series on hearing Gods voice is going to step outside the box of what you might typically hear on this topic. And I might actually make each podcast sound like it is most important… it is… they all are…What do I mean? Well I am talking about how to hear Gods voice- thats pretty important regardless of the point in each podcast… so anyway. 

 

Here is a mind blowing secret for all of you today… God rarely gives us specifics about our life. If he did we would surely mess it up… but why do we get frustrated when he doesn’t… because ultimately we want to hear his voice and know the specifics so we can be in charge. 

 

What I have learned in a 50 year relationship with God is that…. 

One key to hearing Gods voice is knowing that it does not always and sometimes rarely comes in daily doses or weekly chunks of clear concise mandates, words and impressions. Usually hearing his voice is about hearing the spirits subtle leading and moving. Its like this. We would love to enter a sailboat race and every day hear exactly what wave to grab onto and sail. But its in the wind. We have to listen to the wind, watch how it affects the sea and trust his movement even when storms come. Yes I hear God daily sometimes and sometimes incredibly specific. But more often than not when it comes to my life and direction I start to feel seasons welling up inside my spirit. Right now I have felt in the past 8 months a season of stay where you are at, dig in deep and trust the next 10 years to me. My ministry will expand globally while at the same time becoming more entrenched in my current ministry. How will this happen? I am not sure but that is what I feel the spirit of God is speaking to me about this season of my life. Now in the next few weeks, months and years there will be times of specific words from God speaking to me and how to move forward. There will also be times when he speaks to me about helping others or praying for others etc… but in the big picture I have learned to be more concerned about the season he has put me in than to worry about specific words every day of what I am to do in life. 

What am I saying? I am not worried any longer about the right wave… Im watching and feeling the wind. 

 

This is not to say that I don’t ask God for direction in finances, business, the TDA, my church etc… but usually he speaks to me by first moving in those areas and I see his hand at work and it alines with the season I feel I am in. 

 

So before you run out and pout about God not speaking to you in detail, first ask him to show you the season you are in. Then begin to ask him for more specific insight in order for that season to bare as much fruit as possible. Then begin to ask him to speak to you daily about the affairs of your heart… yes first your heart, then everything else starts to fall into place. 

 

When we treat Jesus like a genie, you know we rub the bible and wait for his magic Holy Spirit to come out and we ask for answers… why not first ask for him to name your season… and walk in it. Own it, ask for more light in that tunnel. The problem is when we don’t see our season we simply use him like a compass and not a companion. We have our ideas and goals and our own season of choice (and by the way who ever picks a hard season for themselves) But get away from trying to hear his voice for your answers and hear his voice for his season.