Hearing the voice of God

I accepted Jesus Christ into my heart when I was a little girl but never truly experienced the presence of the Holy Spirit in my life until more recently. Acts 1:8 “You will receive the power of the Holy Spirit.” Where is it I thought??? Specifically, this past weekend I was revealed the power of the Holy Spirit while I was in New York City. I’ve been led to fast almost everyday this past week and as God moves in, my flesh dies down. Galatians 5:16 “So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves.” God wanted me to fast that Sunday and every time I’m lead to fast, I know that God is going to do something miraculous! While I was visiting a church in New York City the Holy Spirit burdened my heart for the believers who were there; to specifically give them a word. I was crying so bad that I had to go blow my nose in the bathroom like 4 times! It was crazy! I have never experienced the power of God in my spirit like I did this past Sunday…where God puts the same words on your heart (over and over) and the courage to get up and speak such truth and wisdom in front of strangers! I’m a visitor and I felt so crazy! But when the spirit move me…I gotta move too!

The power of the Holy Spirit doesn’t allow you to stay in your comfort zone; it takes you to places you’ve never imagined! The Lord gave me a word to give to them: “It’s so important to encourage each other as believers in the truth about the word of God because we are living in a time where the enemy is distracting our fellow brothers and sisters with Facebook, TV, the internet, financial success and everything else. It’s so important that we live out the will of God in our lives; to tell others about Jesus dying on the cross for their sins so that they will have eternal life with our Heavenly Father. If you think about it every person won’t be able to reach the financial success which the world sees is important and it is NOT necessary that people seek such measures to live a FULL life. If you notice, these are the very things that we let into our homes and distract us from caring about the WILL of God. (John 6:40) They are time fillers and each day we may seek out something different which keeps us from hearing from our Heavenly Father.

As the spirit was moving in me, I tried to give the believers the same word that God has given me regarding the full complete life that I prayed for. I stood up as a guest along with two other people and wanted to give my testimony of experiencing a complete life in Christ. The pastor said, “I don’t know you so I can’t let you speak but lets chat after the service.” I was not offended at all that I could not speak before the church because my testimony was not about people seeing me but rather people seeing God! I was not offended because I knew I was simply taking a small step in living out God’s will for man. (Romans 12:2) I was surprised but the Holy Spirit reminded me that at the very least I was obedient enough to stand and give the people the truth about what will offer them a complete full life in Christ. I was not worried…I knew that God’s will was going to be done! Eventually later I got a chance to tell a few people about my testimony. It was an awesome experience to share the love that God has shown me on this past week of my life!

I struggled with doubts for years about God. I believed in him but I did not want to see Him. I didn’t experience the fullness of joy in the power of God in my life. I lived out my will for my life everyday after I got saved but kept getting no where. While I was walking the streets of New York City there were so many distractions that people had going on around them. God spoke, I listened: When you become comfortable in a place that glorifies the world and yourself you will be distracted from seeing me in your life. The world doesn’t help and we don’t fight to protect ourselves from the things of the world…yet the best weapon is to walk in the spirit. (John 14:16-18) The money, the fame, the nice car, the beauty of self and the list goes on. Yet God did not save us to seek out the CARES of this world. He saved us to seek out the CARES of Him and to show His love towards others as He has showed us. I didn’t fully believe: John 14:1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God^[a]; believe also in me (Jesus)” I ran away from understanding this so many times because there are so many other religions out there that also claim they believe in God yet don’t believe in the power of Jesus in their life. I was a believer in unbelief. I “missed seeing the fullness of God” because of my disbelief in the power of Jesus Christ. John 14:26 “²⁶ But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”

The very thing that separates us from our Heavenly Father is our sins, our doubts, our disbelief, and selfish desires. How will we know that we need to be reconciled with our Heavenly Father if we do not know that we are sinners? Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” How will we know how to live a life that is full and complete (lacking nothing) in righteousness if we don’t believe that Jesus died on the cross for our sins? 1 Peter 2:24 “He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.” Our disbelief (whether believer or unbeliever) in Jesus is the very thing that is holding us back from seeing the fullness of God in our lives. God spoke a powerful word as I type: 2 Chronicles 7:14 “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” I know for a fact that for 6 years I was a believer in unbelief! God answered countless prayers but I had to give God something in return: The things I deemed as important to holding onto in this life in return for the power of the Holy Spirit.

Oh how grateful I am (By GOD’s grace) to hear the Holy Spirit! To aid in helping others live a RICH life in Jesus Christ…so rich they don’t yearn for money or success. So rich, life is full of blessings they never prayed for. It’s like when you know something is the absolute right decision you will move forward. The Holy Spirit however will put PEOPLE on your heart to care for. If you could care less about the well being of ALL people then you may want to pray about that as GOD is LOVE. If your love for people isn’t full and complete…not being bias or partial in God’s love for them as he loved you then you may want to pray that God gives you a love for the people in your life. I pray for those who read this knowing that when Christ fills you with the Holy Spirit he will prompt you to do the will of the Father in your life everyday!

 “Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus” (Philippians 1:6).