As I was meditating on my porch and admiring the way in which God had covered the whole canopy of the sky with gray clouds, the thought came to me about how wonderful it is to be able to meet with God, and to have thoughts that appear to me to be deep, but might cause him to chuckle a little bit. It is good fellowship to be with the Lord.
My thoughts went to the understanding that this is not you original with me. Be honest. We don’t see in the prophets a lot of discussion about sitting on the front porch and meditating on the things of God. The prophets seem to be too busy thundering the call to repentance and the fact that God is not happy with Israel. But I don’t think that’s the only time God spoke to them. I think that the prophets were in regular communication. That’s one of the ways that they learn to recognize the voice of God. They heard, and sometimes they repeat it. I believe that often they heard and we don’t know about it because it was just fellowship, not a message.
There is so much that God communicated personally. But there’s also much that God communicats to us through the scripture. What sustained Elijah and Elisha? What kept Moses going? How did Paul stay positive and uplifted? I think it was mainly all those great insights that God gave them that He didn’t allow them to share.
I believe John said something to this effect,
(Joh 21:25 KJV) And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.I think we can make this true in our own lives. God speaks to us, sometimes through the inspiration of scripture, sometimes through that still small voice, sometimes through watching our grandchildren, but God does speak to us. Make sure you listen to find out what great insight He has for you today that you are not supposed to share.
God loves you enough to give you your own inspirational thoughts in private. Rejoice.
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