There have been a number
of preachers talking about a shift that is about to take place soon. Not
necessarily a physical, but most definitely a spiritual shift. It got
me so excited, and I kept talking to God asking "Father what should I do,
as I wait for this shift to occur?" I felt like I didn't get answer.
Not hearing His voice
got me worried; my mind began to wonder causing me to question if I was doing
something wrong, which could have caused Him to hide His face from me. I found
myself constantly asking "Father didn't you say in Your word that if i
seek You i will find You?" It got to a point that
i subconsciously started spending less time reading my
bible, worshiping and praying. Now we all know that when we get to
our lowest points the devil starts meddling with our minds, and could cause us
to reevaluate our relationship with God. Although he tampers with our minds we
cannot blame the enemy entirely, because most times we leave ourselves prey to
his attack. When our inner man (Spirit) is empty our vessels are prey to the
enemies attack, and we become extra “sin sensitive” so much that we start
wondering if old sins have even been forgiven. The word of God (Bible) is food
for our spirit, and when we don't nurture our inner man it causes us to get
weak spiritually. It’s easier for the devil to attack someone whose inner man
is empty than someone whose inner man is loaded and ready to go!
Recently i read on the blog above that
sometimes we read our bible's, and spend time with God as if we are doing Him a
favor when it’s really for our benefit. If our inner man is always fed, and
ready to go even when we experience God's silence it wouldn't break us down or
cause us to drift, because we have His word in us to reassure us of His
promises.
Being loaded means that
when those doubts come, we can silence the voice of the
enemy immediately reminding him of what the word says in Romans 8:38-39 “For I am
convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels or demons, neither the
present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything
else in creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
Silence doesn't mean God
isn't listening to us, but rather He might just be helping us to
understand where we are in our relationship with Him. It’s easy to think we
have faith in God when we are constantly hearing Him speak to us, or feel His
presence surround us. On the other hand true faith is
when despite the fact that we cannot see or feel God's
presence we remain established!
Established means to be
settled securely, unconditionally, convinced, or shown to be valid beyond a
reasonable doubt.
Hence when we are
established in His presence the little things won't shake us. Take for example
when the cold season comes it tears down all the leafs from the
trees leaving it bare, and even the wind causes it to waver back and forth
but it remains planted. During the dry season, it gets the food it needs to
survive from the nutrients which were stored up prior the drought. As the trees remain firm and planted in the
soil regardless of what season they are in, let our faith in God also remain solid!
To accomplish this we as
believers need to have God's word established in us, so that when we find
ourselves in such situations we will have the right words to lose the hold of
the enemy on our minds and life.
Matthew 12:34 "...for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh"
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