A Step of Faith

Have always believed that I must hear from God audibly before I am sure its really Him directing my decision making. This time though, I was proven wrong. But before I continue to blogging, I must substantiate why do I think that way.

Due to past experiences, the Holy Spirit has always spoken to me by either impressing upon me a word or through whole sentences. Furthermore, most of my spiritual enlightenments have been received through reading the Bible or listening to sermons. These have therefore, led me to conclude that hearing audibly from God is the usual for me.

However, recently, the Lord decided to prove me wrong and show me that He speaks through other mediums too or should I say environments.

Since I received my calling in 2004, I have been quietly anxious of when and where I will be entering the ministry. The Lord however had other plans. He is and always will be interested in the journey and not so much of the destination.

The Lord has tested me on my tenacity since He revealed to me about my calling. Tested on every imaginable front. Brought down to my humblest. Made to totally depend on Him for my every need.

This time, I was feeling really lousy in my present situation and this led me to seek the Lord for His audible voice telling me which direction to take. Well, to be clear, I seeked Him for a month and He remained silent. Than a thought came to me. Maybe I have been focusing too much on the audible voice that I was neglecting the other signs that were pointing to the direction that the Lord was leading me towards. With such a revelation, I started to turn my attention towards the situation unfolding before me and I realized that the Lord has been trying to catch my attention all this while. When I came such a realization, I immediately knew what direction the Lord wanted me to take. He has been trying to catch my attention all this while but I have been too occupied in trying to box Him up in the way He works.

It was a practical lesson in listening to the voice of God. He speaks not only through an audible voice but through other means too. We need only to tune our spiritual senses to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit's signals and lay down our human tendency to trust in the predictable.

Indeed, it was a step of faith!