“My heart has heard you say, ‘Come and talk with me.’ And my heart responds, ‘Lord, I am coming.”
Psalm 27:8 NLT
Learning to hear God speak to us.
As women, we’re still trying to learn this, aren’t we?
How do we know when it is the Holy Spirit or when it is our own desires?
I believe that God does use many ways to speak to us, but the primary way will always be His Word, the Bible. Most importantly, what we believe He is saying to us will never, never, ever, ever contradict His Word. (Get how strongly I feel about this?)
As a teen my mother once told me, “If God wanted you to know something, He loves you enough to tell you Himself.” She gave me this advice during a time when I was confused about how He spoke.
My parents moved churches when I was in ninth grade. This was terribly hard on me as church was my life. Together, we had made the decision that I would continue to go to the old church while they went to the new.
One Sunday evening I attended church with them when a woman approached and said she had something from God for me. She told me that I was supposed to stop attending the old church and begin going to church with my parents; I was in rebellion.
Rebellion? Really? My parents and I were in complete agreement! The real deal: she also had a child in the same position and she wanted her child to attend church with her. She felt if I began going to the new church, her child would too. She used “hearing from God” to manipulate me for her own means.
I am so glad I had a mom who helped me to see God’s heart in the situation: that I was, in fact, honoring my father and mother as His word says.
Teach your girl this week to listen for God. Listen for Him in His word, but also listen for Him in ways that she might not expect.
I hope you will listen as well. You just never know what the Creator of the universe might want to speak to you!
Read this Week
This week, spend time reading through Chapter 3 of His Revolutionary Love and take time to discuss the material with your daughter(s).
Watch this Week
On page 66 of His Revolutionary Love, I spoke of my friend Carol.
“The Bible is his primary source (of speaking to us), but he wants to use all of his creation. My good friend Carol is an amazing artist. When she has a clean canvas, she turns on worship music, asking Jesus to speak to her. As she worships, she mixes her strokes with vibrant colors. I have four of her works of art reminding me of Jesus’ message of love!”
I thought today I would show you some of Carol’s art pieces in my home:
I hope this sparks your ideas of ways that you can worship Him and listen for Him to speak to you!
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Lynn Cowell is an author and speaker with Proverbs 31Ministries. She has been married for over 25 years and has a grown son and two daughters in high school. She has written two books His Revolutionary Love and Devotions for a Revolutionary Year. Her favorite things include the mountains, well-worn sweatshirts and anything that combines chocolate and peanut butter. To connect with Lynn, you can find her at LynnCowell.com, Facebook, and Twitter.
