Posted in Calling, God's Calling, Hearing from God on March 18, 2013| 1 Comment »
Noah Lang
How do you know when God is calling you to be his or to do a particular service or ministry?
“One little boy describes it this way”, our pastor said, “It’s like fishing. You can’t see the fish or hear it, but you feel it tugging on your line.”
God’s call is like that. When he’s calling, you may not see or hear anything new or different but you feel Him tugging on your heart.
— fritz
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Posted in Choice, Christ, Faith, Hearing from God, tagged John 10, spirituality on November 28, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Recently and close more than 140 cars piled up in an accident. Fog was so thick one could see no more than ten (10) feet ahead but they were traveling at highway speed anyway.
In a sense we are all like that. None of us can see what is in front of us in time yet we can not stop. Like it or not we are careening forward in that fog making decisions only guessing what will happen next and hoping for the best.
But while we have no eyes to see the future we were made to hear. Jesus said,
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:” (John 10:27)
We have the capacity to hear God. When we give ourselves to Christ we begin to “hear” his peace in our inner being.
Christ’s sacrifice not only saves us into eternity, it removes the figurative “wax from our ears”. We start learning to “listen” to his peaceful urging how to live, when to act, when to wait, what to do.
As we learn to listen we crash less and discover God sees, he cares, and he speaks.
Prayer: Jesus, like your apostle John leaned on your chest at the last supper to hear your heartbeat, so I desire to “hear” you moment by moment.
Posted in Bible, Bible Characters, Christ, God's Voice, God's Word, Hearing from God, Jesus, Prophesy, tagged 1st Corinthians 14, Hebrews 01 on September 9, 2011| Leave a Comment »
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son — Hebrews 1:1-2a
Many claim to speak for God and in the past many have but the Bible tells us something changed when God sent his son, Jesus.
No more Old Testament type prophets are needed to represent God to us low-lings; everyone and everything since is focused on Christ — who he is, what he has done, what he is now doing, what he shall do when he returns. In fact, the whole gift of Prophesy is now changed.
[H]e that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort – 1st Corinthians 14:3
Prophesy since Christ, as my old preacher friend said long ago, is to “Build up, Stir up, and Cheer up” — and everyone can do it (1st Cor. 14:31) because the Holy Spirit is given for all who receive Christ as their savior.
Stay clear of those that want to speak to you for God, all his sheep can hear his voice.
— fritz@langgang.com
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