January 30 The Dilemma Of Obedience<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.\u201d 1 Samuel 3:15<\/p>\n
God never speaks to us in startling ways, but in ways that are easy to misunderstand, and we say, \u201cI wonder if that is God\u2019s voice?\u201d Isaiah said that the Lord spake to him \u201cwith a strong hand,\u201d that is, by the pressure of circumstances. Nothing touches our lives but it is God Himself speaking. Do we discern His hand or only mere occurrence? <\/p>\n
Get into the habit of saying, \u201cSpeak, Lord,\u201d and life will become a romance. Every time circumstances press, say, \u201cSpeak, Lord\u201d; make time to listen. Chastening is more than a means of discipline, it is meant to get me to the place of saying, \u201cSpeak, Lord.\u201d Recall the time when God did speak to you. Have you forgotten what He said? Was it Luke 11:13, or was it 1 Thess. 5:23? As we listen, our ear gets acute, and, like Jesus, we shall hear God all the time. <\/p>\n
Shall I tell my \u201cEli\u201d what God has shown to me? That is where the dilemma of obedience comes in. We disobey God by becoming amateur providences \u2013 I must shield \u201cEli,\u201d the best people we know. God did not tell Samuel to tell Eli; he had to decide that for himself. God\u2019s call to you may hurt your \u201cEli;\u201d but if you try to prevent the suffering in another life, it will prove an obstruction between your soul and God. It is at your own peril that you prevent the cutting off of the right hand or the plucking out of the eye. <\/p>\n
Never ask the advice of another about anything God makes you decide before Him. If you ask advice, you will nearly always side with Satan. \u201cImmediately I conferred not with flesh and blood.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
January 30 The Dilemma Of Obedience<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.\u201d 1 Samuel 3:15<\/p>\n
God never speaks to us in startling ways, but in ways that are easy to misunderstand, and we say, \u201cI wonder if that is God\u2019s voice?\u201d Isaiah said that the Lord spake to him \u201cwith a strong hand,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-43084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-utmost","tag-my-utmost-for-his-highest","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}