If listening means trusting yourself to this is true. But if listening means assuming that God would never speak through a person that was not listening or following Him, then that is not always true. God has on occasion used non-Christians to speak to me. And why not? He could speak through an ass and through Balaam right? What about Nebuchadnezzar or Cyrus? Both of them said and wrote things that are in Scripture. Don’t think there are certain people that God will never use to speak through.
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 
Also, listen to no man who claims to be the only one to whom God speaks; i.e. cult leaders, charismatic pastors, popular Christian personalities / teachers who sell books and make millions in the process.
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Great point! Right on Jamie!
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Well said.
I like the quote, “he who is under authority has authority.” That requires some discernment, the ability to understand when God is speaking to you through someone, versus when someone is simply under their own authority. That can get really complex because sometimes Christian people are not under authority at all, and sometimes non believers are being used by God Himself. I guess the best way to sort it all out is to get to know Christ, to learn to hear the sound of His voice. My sheep know my voice, right?
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Exactly IB. Discernment is so important. I find myself praying for that almost more than anything else.
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Here’s the really cool thing, though. If your discernment ever fails you, God will bail you out. We are like those kids that just don’t know any better, with a good father willing to step in and intervene when necessary. Unless we really do know better, in which case we might just be in trouble.:-)
The point is, He really does take care of His own.
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Ahh so true. That’s the wonder of grace isn’t it? And people say you’re too nasty to talk too. What a bunch of lummoxes! 😜
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Yes, and you omitted Caiaphas’ prophecy that one man would die for the nation, so that the nation would not perish. J.
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I did. And an other good example too.
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Amen. Sometimes the Lord likes to throw a curveball.
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Yup. Very true!
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Reblogged this on Praying for the millennials.
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Thanks for the reblog Lillian!
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