It seems when God wakes us up from a period of being spiritually asleep, we become ever more aware of his voice and direction in our life. This has been the case for me over the last few days. When the same verse or topic pops up multiple times in the same day, you know it's God, not coincidence. I find I'm hearing the same themes come up in conversations with very different people. I'm reading the same verses that are popping up from different sources. The topics that seem to be on my heart the most are being confirmed as I read other Salvo blogs.
It seems God has a way of telling us exactly the right thing at the right time that we need to hear it. We don't necessarily get the whole big picture revealed to us on a silver platter. And sometimes when I hear these things more questions arise that I want explained. But then upon reflection, I discover I needed to hear it precisely at that time. If it came any other way I wouldn't have recognised or received it at all, and my life would have taken a much different course.
Sometimes I liken these encounters with God to Neo from the Matrix visiting the Oracle. Watch the Oracle scenes alone and they are pretentious nonsense. Watch the scenes in context with the whole movie and she tells him exactly what he needs to hear for his journey. Nothing more, nothing less.
Today God spoke to me in this verse from TC Jim Knaggs blog:
James 3:18 (MSG)
18 You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and honor.
Honestly, at the moment I read that (in the context of Reservoir and looking for accommodation) it was exactly what I needed to hear. Nothing more, nothing less.
Cheers - Nath
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