Impressions on hearing the Lord

This is something I need to get off of my heart. As I continue to grow into whatever the Lord is crafting it makes me look back reflecting on what he has equipped me with. My story is one that has many ups and downs in it and that is not what I want to share here. I knew from the time I was very little for the rest of my life that the Lord had called me. It was irrevocable, we cannot get out of the destiny the Lord has had for us unless we decide to cover it up with our own desires. That is easy to do in the western culture because their is such a small amount really giving it all up for the Lord. It is so easy to be distracted by the many things we have, technology, phones, vehicles. Many of the people around us can't relate to the intimacy of the Lord because their minds are not on the things of heaven but things of the flesh which causes a hardening in our hearts and a world mindset. It simply is a trap, because when we start to see things in the temporary world we cannot believe the things going on in heaven anymore. We are horizontal minded and not vertically minded, or heaven minded. 

The God in heaven has always promised us that he would provide for us, that means at every point in life. I believe their are times in our lives where we need to have a job and that is a way of provision but I am really feeling this as I write this, we justify ourselves because we don't want to commit to something that is unseen or someone else hasn't done it. We simply cannot justify ourselves church because then we our self reliant. This leads to a hardening of our heart and a hardening to hear his voice. Psalm 9:10 Those who know your name trust in you, for we know you never forsake those who earnestly seek you. We know that God does not go against his word its a promise in heaven we should rejoice over.

His words do not just come from the Bible, yes it is such a powerful tool in our midst but the early church fathers only had scrolls and not the full bible. Paul was taught by the Holy Spirit, he was taught by the eternal one God himself. These were revelations he had and his message was on the Gospel and Grace. God has revealed these things to us so Grace can empower us to move into our callings with power. We need to rely on the voice of God not just on the word. The word is a foundation for us. It's Father, Son and Holy Spirit, not Holy Bible, The Holy Spirit will teach you all things! (John 14:26) Now being teamed up with the Holy Spirit to read the Holy Bible that is what will uncover much more than just a book. In no way am I putting down the Holy Bible but we need to justify ourselves by the words he speaks to us.

Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light for my path. Henry Claims in his commentary: The commandment is a lamp kept burning with the oil of the Spirit; it is like the lamps in the sanctuary, and the pillar of fire to Israel. 2. The use we should make of it. It must be not only a light to out eyes, to gratify them, and fill our heads with speculations, but a light to our feet and to our path, to direct us in the right ordering of our conversation, both in the choice of our way in general and in the particular steps we take in that way, that we may not take a false way nor a false step in the right way. We are then truly sensible of God's goodness to us in giving us such a lamp and light when we make it a guide to our feet, our path.

With his word he spoke the universe into existence how much more do we need to listen to him. 

Matthew 4:4 Jesus answered them, " Man does not live alone on bread but on every word that comes from the mouth of God,"

You see it is the utmost importance in this day and age that we need to listen to the Lord for his direction in our lives. We all have the ability to hear him but many of us lack the will to even try, they get frustrated or walk away from it. God wants to communicate with us more than we will every know, its not just randomly flipping open to a verse but God wants to speak to us. Where you ask in our minds, he speaks to us, it truly is a small still voice but as we gain to learn and hear more that voice becomes even more recognizable. 

Begin to pull yourself away from the world and go and lay down listen for a reply to your prayers like Habukkak 2:1. He waited for the reply of the Lord. He wants to speak to us to our inner most being but it requires us to push away to a place where we can receive and start to grow. 

Push aside our own desires and lets be fulfilled by the word of the Lord. He has many great things for those who are willing to push things that don't matter aside.