It's always a blessing to me when people deepen their walk with the Lord. When they have a new experience, receive a new revelation, experience a heightened sense of joy.
My friend shared with me that the Lord had spoken to her in a cartoon. She was amazed. I was tickled. What is so awesome about our God is that he meets us where we're at. He speaks in ways even we can understand.
Think about it. He spoke to Moses in a burning bush. He spoke to Gideon through a fleece. He reached Jonah in the Whale. They didn't come to him; he came to them.
What makes my friend's experience even sweeter is that my other friend tells me a day later that the Lord spoke to her on the show "Super Why" -- for those of you not familiar -- that's a children's show -- she happened to be watching it with her granddaughter.
My son was excited last Sunday when the Lord spoke to him. He's eight and he was in Sunday school. He said the teacher asked where you could find a particular scripture. He said the Lord told him "New Testament". He raised his hand and shared the answer. He was so excited! The Lord gave him the answer and it was right. Imagine that:)
I explained to him the Lord talks to us all the time. We just have to listen. I explained if he was far from me and I yelled his name "Jack". He wouldn't hear me. He was too far away. But if he was right next to me, I could whsiper his name and he'd hear me. And that if we stay close to the Lord -- in prayer; in his word; in worship -- in his presence, we will hear him when he speaks.
He then asked me to tell him some times the Lord spoke to me. This question brought back a flood of experiences I had with the Lord. He's never left me nor forsaken me. He always was there in the times of hurt; correction; joy; and love. The Lord is there at all times.
I believe that just as the Lord spoke to Adam and Eve; Abraham; Moses; Noah and the list goes on -- he speaks to us. He is a living God and a loving God. He wants to direct our paths.
If you would like to hear from the Lord, ask him a question. Continue to ask him until you receive the answer. Ask him to make you aware so you don't miss his answer. Per Matthew 7:7-8 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks recevies, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened."
There's a saying I like. God answers prayer three ways -- "Yes"; "Not Yet"; "I have a better idea."
Continue seeking and be patient. And be okay with God's "timing and better idea". He truly does love all and wants and knows what's best for each of us. If you trust in him and know He is God. The rest is cake:)
As you experience more and more with God, your faith will grow; your trust will grow; your peace will grow; and your joy will grow. So be blessed and know he is God:)
For those who have already experienced the Lord in new ways the following is for you: (In Him all things are possbile:)
