Bible and look it up. It is a Scripture that interprets the dream I had. An exact interpretation of what I had dreamt. I am awed! I ponder it. I read it in different versions of the Bible. I check commentaries to see what they say. It even cross references a Scripture that the Lord had given to me a little while back, concerning this same issue. I meditate on it. I keep coming back to it. I share it with my close friends. They too are awed.
I Will Not Confer With Flesh And Blood I can hear contradictory opinions, I can hear many voices, my head is spinning, I am getting confused, so I retreat. I go back into my refuge, my hiding place where I can meet with the lover of my soul. In this place I feel safe, I’ m with the one I know, it’ s the voice I know.“ My sheep know my voice, and they follow me, the voice of a stranger they will not follow.” John 10:4-5
I left the murky waters of confusion, I am now in a place where the waters are still and clear. His voice and words reverberate, with their original clarity. I step right into the Word. I see myself in the Word again. The Scriptures come alive. It’ s like it’ s written especially for me. Doubt flees. Faith rises in my heart again. Faith was always there. I decide not to confer with flesh and blood about this issue any more but to confer with the One who created me.
I Hold On To Your Word I was going through a protracted transition, which meant I was constantly listening for His guidance. He had spoken, I had heard Him, I had written down what He had shown me and told me but I had yet again drifted away from His word. I must hold onto His words, His words are my lifeline.
“ But if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord” James 1:5- 7
It’ s quite easy to forget the words God has spoken to us amidst the busyness of our daily life or when life’ s challenges come. Didn’ t He say, to the Disciples in Mark 6:7- 8“ let’ s go to the other side of the lake?” Didn’ t a storm arise? Didn’ t their doubts also rise? He rebuked the storm. What He speaks to you in the dark, do not forget in the light. The only way to do this is to meditate on His word and His prophecies on a daily basis, keep them before your eyes. Pray over them. Speak to Him about them and by doing this you can retain the freshness of these prophetic words and see your faith rise. p
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