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To Whom Shall I Speak?

13 Monday Feb 2012

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” To whom shall I speak, and give warning that thy may hear? behold, there ear is uncircumcised, and the cannot hearken: behold, the word of the Lord is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.” ~Jer. 6:10

Is my ear uncircumcised at times? Is the Word of the Lord – the Holy Spirit’s still small voice – of small value…perhaps even a reproach, something I do not delight in? When God prompts me, warns me, seeks to direct me, do I listen? Is my heart so sensitive to His calling that I will obey Him and sacrifice anything He desires me to sacrifice for His sake?

At times, we are all dull of hearing – or perhaps simply complacent? If God’s Word does not take first place among our delights, then we will not receive the most important of His messages to our heart (and the most difficult): messages of caution and correction, reproof and the prompting to repent.

Such was Israel: unable to hear; downright complacent; rebellious. The direction of the Lord for their “inner man” was not enough their delight. They were happy to look good on the outside and be full of dead men’s bones on the inside. God called them adulterous, harlots. Their hearts were departed from Him.

Oh Lord, help me to be obedience, to delight in your direction for my life. Circumcise my ear to hear your truth, and show me what will most please you! May we all say “Speak Lord, your servant hears. I delight to do your will!”

~h

Limited

20 Sunday Nov 2011

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“Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.” ~Psalm 78:41

The work the Lord had to do, the plans of victory and strength he had for His people, because of their fear and unbelief, was limited. Dear friend do not put God “in a box”, although, He, as God, He can and will accomplish His will (despite your doings). However, don’t make Him do so under your circumstances and time, demanding according to your own desires. Let God do as He does best, and pray that your heart be enlarged in the process. God may be limited by man, but He is not limited by Himself: did He not feed His children the food of angels, and bring water out of a rock?  They consumed it after their own greed and lust, very much in the same manner that we consume God’s grace in our lives, and all of us, in doing so, grieve the Holy One of Israel. The manna and water was and is needful, but our the hearts are not right to receive it. Yet, He still “feeds” us according to the integrity of His heart; and guides us by the skillfulness of His hands. We need to let Him do His work among us, but more needful for us, we need to purify ourselves because of the hope that He has given us. With a clean heart, we can receive the richness of God when we let Him into our lives without restriction. God wants to do great things for us; let Him be “unlimited” in your life.

 

~Tiffany

Let Him Do the Talking

11 Friday Nov 2011

Posted by in Grace, Humility, instruction, Listen, Opportunity, Truth, Uncategorized, Waiting, Wisdom, words

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How many times I have found myself recently grappling for words to explain things I myself cannot fully understand. How I have wondered at effectively communicating the truth to a person who cannot even begin to believe it! I was reminded a few days back by a dear godly woman, the words of the Lord in Psalm 81:10.

“…open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it!”

I have often asked God for words before the time. I have requested an outline or a reference sheet…but God has many times silenced those requests. He wants to fill me with Himself…not with fleshly wisdom.

I recall an evening that perfectly illustrates this not many months ago. I was up in Michigan with a group of girls, and had been asked to share following a session on forgiveness. I wondered all day what to say. I think my flesh wanted to run and grab a legal pad and start scribbling down notes as fast as I could think. But I felt that gentle prompting…”Be still, and listen for me.” It was from the Lord, and I couldn’t deny it.

Evening came, and it was time. Still, there was nothing to say. I got up to share, and nothing. Suddenly, it was there. Words I did not want to say. Past hurt to dig up. I opened my mouth, not knowing how to say what was in my heart. He filled me in that moment with the knowledge of how to do it.

Life presents opportunities…countless opportunities…to wonder at what to say. People confront us with false accusations, or someone who lost a loved one comes and needs comfort. A stubborn-willed girl wants to take the wrong path in life, and needs someone to speak truth into her heart. It’s in these times we wonder, “What should I say? How in the world am I going to come up with the right words?” And God promises…”If you will open your mouth, I will show you the way.” Even bumping into people in the grocery store, or at work…people who are lost and don’t  know about the Savior. We often ask, “How do I start the conversation? How do I share the gospel with them?” I know I have asked that question so many times…enough times to feel guilty about it! But then, the assuring promise. “I will fill…“

Open your heart to the gentle voice of the Holy Spirit. Open your mouth in faith that He will fill it. Do not hide his righteousness in your heart, for in due season, you will have the truth to proclaim in words you never knew you could begin to utter. I testify and have seen that the Lord our God, He is Almighty, and He can do this through weakness and brokenness, and inability. He can make beautiful truth from the mouth of a servant to change the life of one who is bound in the fetters of the enemy.

Open your mouth. You will be filled!

~Hannah

 

“You’re doing just fine.”

04 Friday Nov 2011

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Those words were like gold to me. They held value and comfort, love and truth. I  had desperately needed encouragement that day, and my Dad had spoken it into my life. Athough his words were few, they were thousands to me, and though simple, they were priceless treasures. I had been heard, and affirmed and it planted a strong sense of endurance in me to continue doing what needed to be done.

This is an earthly example of what God wants to do for His children. His affirmations are simple, but to be cherished, His understanding unmeasurable and his affirmations in exact perfection to our needed fulfillment. How He brings endurance for what seems impossible, and commands strength to His children is a miracle,  but this is what God can do for you.

Words are weighty –it is incredible what few can do.

“As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God” ~Psalm 42:1

Be blessed,

~tif

Psalm 91

23 Tuesday Aug 2011

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photo credit: chad paine

“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” (Psalm 91:1)

Psalm 91 has been a very familiar Psalm to me. In fact, I have quoted it hundreds of times…and read it over and over again. Yet, I have found that God delights in showing us something new out of a passage that we are so familiar with!

We all know of the importance of being in the center of God’s will. It may be easy to discern what God’s will is in a direction that clearly violates a Scriptural principle. However, I have found that it is harder to discern His perfect will in something that may be a good act or deed. Simply doing “good things” is not always His will for me! He truly does have a PERFECT will for us. There are GOOD things that we can do…but then there is the BEST thing. Mary and Martha discovered this when Jesus came to their house (Luke 10:40-42). Martha was serving the King of Kings and Lord of Lords! Yet she missed out on what was best. God wants the BEST for each one of us!

What does this have to do with dwelling in the “secret place of the most High?” Well, this is what the Lord revealed to me one morning as I read this passage. I asked myself, what was the secret place? How could I discover it if it was a secret? To dwell means to abide and remain as one would if he or she were living in a house. The secret place refers to a covering of protection where you are hidden. A person that remains here will abide under the protection of the Almighty. I realized that the secret place was God’s perfect will for my life. If I was dwelling in His perfect will, that secret place, others will not see me…they will only see Jesus. In this secret place I find protection from the Enemy and protection from myself. I am abiding in the vine! (See John 15:1).

This simple truth was so profound to me. The secret place would only be revealed to those who sought it. It will be different for everyone and yet it will have one thing in common; I will be hidden and Jesus will be clearly seen! The challenge for me is to remain hidden. Whatever God’s specific will and direction is for each one of us, we know that He must increase through it and we must decrease (John 3:30)! May God give us grace to deny and surrender ourselves that we might dwell in the secret place!

-Chad

Hear My Voice

21 Thursday Jul 2011

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It is an awe that God speaks to us, and even greater, that we can hear Him, but it is the ability of hearing that must be learned.  And this learning comes by the consciousness of becoming still and listening.

Is it not important for us to learn the voice of God in quiet…to struggle and strain that we might hear Him, to turn our spirit to His will and way? “My sheep hear my voice and I know them…” If this hearing is learned in the quiet, then, when in the midst of temptation, trial, tempest and clamor, there, we will still hear, (because we have heard)! We have found and know the tone and where the Shepherd resides. In all circumstances, places and times we will hear the voice of our Master if we keep our spirit in tune to His will and way. The pressing of our soul (to learn this and through such hard or long hours) accomplishes an ability to find a quiet place even in the midst of strife. Press towards being still. You will have no doubt when you have learned His voice!

Be Blessed,

T&H

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