Amos 3:7 Indeed, the Sovereign Lord never does anything until he reveals his plans to his servants the prophets. I thought this was interesting. Does God still reveal his plans to His prophets before acting? If He does, are we listening? It makes sense, though. God doesn’t want to hurt His people. He’s rather have [More >>>]
Aug 302009
Thoughts from Saturday Night Service at St. Pauls Presbyterian. Mark, one of the pastors at the church, did a segment during the sermon (about hearing from God), and a couple of things really struck me: 1. An analogy he used was a beach he goes to every year where the water is incredibly clear, and [More >>>]
Tagged with: clarity, God's voice, listening, quiet time, seeing in a storm
Aug 242009
Jeremiah 25:3 “For the past twenty-three years … the Lord has been giving me his messages. I have faithfully passed them on to you but you have not listened.” I didn’t realize that Jeremiah had been warning the Israelites for 23 years! Good grief! That’s a long time – for God to keep warning and [More >>>]
Aug 222009
Jeremiah 23:18 But can you name even one of these prophets who knows the Lord well enough to hear what he is saying? Has even one of them cared enough to listen? There have been lots of times in my life when I have wished that God spoke more clearly (or maybe more audibly) to [More >>>]
Tagged with: God's voice, listening, relationship
Shepherd Prophets
I started reading Joel today. It’s similar to Hosea and Jeremiah and Isaiah in that it also warns Israel’s enemies of their coming doom. But Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Bible says something interesting: “GOD employed a shepherd, a herdsman, to reprove and warn the people. Those to whom God gives abilities for his [More >>>]