Understanding When God is Speaking
Another misconception that people have is that God will always speak directly to them.
But He won’t because some of the questions that we may ask Him are
already written in His word.
Other times, He sends someone to give us His answer but we
have rejected the answer because it may have been unfavorable to us. God
will not always speak directly to us because He does not want us to isolate
ourselves from other believers. Within the body of Christ we sing,
“Long as I got King Jesus I don’t need nobody else.” But the ‘nobody else’ is normally who God will
use to give us what we need. If we
need money, God does not rain down one hundred dollar bills from heaven. He uses people who are obedient to Him and
are in a position to give that money to us. If we are dealing with
suicidal thoughts, He will cause people to call us up out of the blue to talk
to us or even stop by and check on us. If we are feeling low, He is not
coming down from heaven to embrace us, He sends someone to give us a hug and
demonstrate the love of Christ even when they don’t understand why they are
compelled to do so.
Understanding the Importance of Godly Fellowship
It is essential that we create and maintain a bond with
the people of God because the devil’s desire is to divide and conquer. If
he can get us alone, he can attack us in our minds and bombard us with negative
thoughts. Standing firm becomes even
more difficult because we do not have the necessary support that is needed to
combat him. Even when Jesus sent His disciples out, they
were sent out two by two. Ecclesiastes
4:12 says though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him.
People decide to take extended stays from church and proclaim that God has
called them away but His Word instructs us not
to forsake the assembling of ourselves together. Every command that
God has given us to follow is for our benefit. When we remove ourselves from His umbrella of safety, whether out of
ignorance or out of rebellion, we place ourselves in a vulnerable position.
We all make mistakes and have to deal with the consequences of the
decisions that we make but we move beyond those decisions as we learn from
previous mistakes and do things differently. When you know better, you
do better.
God wants us to
create and build effective relationships within the body of Christ. There
are times when we may be tired on Sundays and want to go directly home after
church but it helps for us to fellowship with other brothers and sisters in
Christ. It also helps to be in the midst of conversation that doesn’t
involve profanity or corrupt dialogue. Proverbs 22:24, 25 tells us not to make friends with an angry or hot
tempered man or you will learn his ways. This does not just simply apply to angry people but it also
applies to all manner of people. Some
affiliations need to be severed or diminished. We may have unsaved
people in our lives but they should not be our main source of companionship.
Ephesians 5:11 tells us not to
have any fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. And Paul was referring to the
ones in the church. So if you
are to avoid those in the church who
walk in darkness, you should definitely be cautious of your affiliations outside of the church.
Surrounding ourselves with Godly
people will help us to please God.
