Discerning the Voice of God
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· 17 viewsWhat is God's will for my life? Should I take the job? Move? Get married? Invest in the new opportunity? Wouldn't it be nice to know exactly what to do? The great news is that you don't have to make these choices on your own. During this devotion, discover how God can guide you through every decision in life.
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What is God's will for my life? Should I take the job? Move? Get married? Invest in the new opportunity? Wouldn't it be nice to know exactly what to do?
The great news is that you don't have to make these choices on your own. During this month, discover how God can guide you through every decision in life.
Forced To Fly - The right place
Forced To Fly - The right place
Your right place often comes after a season of discomfort. The reason is simple: until your misery factor exceeds your fear factor, you won’t change. We love the security of the known. And we don’t like change.
When a mother eagle wants her eaglets to learn how to fly, she begins to tear up the nest. She removes the animal fur to expose briars and thorns. Suddenly, the nest isn’t such a comfortable place anymore, so the eaglets quickly decide to stretch their wings and learn to soar.
You’ll never fly if you’re too comfortable. You will never change that which you are willing to tolerate.
But God has a way of making us move out. It’s called discomfort.
Although our external circumstances may be uncomfortable, Christ Himself has promised to be our source of undiminishing comfort:
33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world" ().
“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world" ().
Any discomfort on the way to the right place is worth it because the right place prevents exposure to sinful situations and temptations, which can ultimately lead to more discomfort than what you may be experiencing now!
If you listen to God’s voice, His glory will be your reward.
For example:
6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.
8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
9 But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”
10 And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.”
The first words God spoke to Adam after he sinned referred to Adam’s location—his placement: “Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him ‘Where are you?’” (Gen. 3:9). Adam’s sin drove him out of the place specifically prepared for him.
Lot was the nephew of Abram, but he left his uncle and moved to Sodom.
What was he doing living in Sodom?
Lot saw an opportunity to get rich, but he ended up losing his wife in the process because he wasn’t where he was supposed to be.
Conclusion
Conclusion
Are you in a season of discomfort?
Ask God to help you see if your discomfort is His guiding. Remain faithful as God leads you to your place of destiny. It may not be comfortable, but it will certainly be worth it.
33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.
13 You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
14 I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.
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6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.
8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
9 But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”
10 And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.”
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3030 0.75x1x1.5x2x33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”