A Loving Reminder: God Speaks

A Loving Reminder: God Speaks

For God does speak—now one way, now another— though no one perceives it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber in their beds, he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings, to turn them from wrongdoing and keep them from pride, to preserve them from the pit, their lives from perishing by the sword. “Or someone may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in their bones, so that their body finds food repulsive and their soul loathes the choicest meal. Their flesh wastes away to nothing, and their bones, once hidden, now stick out. They draw near to the pit, and their life to the messengers of death. Yet if there is an angel at their side, a messenger, one out of a thousand, sent to tell them how to be upright, and he is gracious to that person and says to God, ‘Spare them from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom for them— let their flesh be renewed like a child’s; let them be restored as in the days of their youth’— then that person can pray to God and find favor with him, they will see God’s face and shout for joy; he will restore them to full well-being. And they will go to others and say, ‘I have sinned, I have perverted what is right, but I did not get what I deserved. God has delivered me from going down to the pit, and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’ “God does all these things to a person— twice, even three times— to turn them back from the pit, that the light of life may shine on them. (Job 33:14-30 NIV)

My lovelies, 

As I read this passage I couldn't help to think of the many times God has spoken to me, to remove me from my pit. He has warned me in dreams, He speaks to me through His Word, and I have even witness Him speak by restraining some to a bed of pain and there being a messenger whom mediates for them, and witnessing the restoration in these bodies. 

The Word says that we do not perceive when he speaks to us, however James 1:5 says "If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking." And Ephesians 1:17 says "asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God."

We do not perceive because we do not ask. I challenge you to ask God to speak to you. He has a lot to say. Some things will be hard to take in but all things will be spoken in Love. 

            

Father, I come boldly and humbly standing before you in your throne of grace, praising you and thanking you for the mercy that you bestow on us. Your Word says that You Speak. That you speak to us in dreams and that You speak warnings into our ears, but that we are unaware of it. Job 29:30-33 says that You reach out to us in different ways two even three times, to help us out of the pit. Thank you Father for Your everlasting love for us. Thank you that you never get tired of coming to our rescue. Thank you for being mindful of us. Father, I pray that you open our ears, that you give us spiritual eyes, and wisdom to discern what comes from you in our time of distress. In your Precious and Powerful name, Jesus!