God Speaks: Now One Way, Now Another

 

On May 11, I received a pleasant surprise – a phone call from a friend that I had not spoken with in five years. It was exciting to hear from her. We emailed each other afterwards and I shared information about the blog, etc.

She sent me a question regarding "It's Time to Pray." She asked me is the Lord continuing to deal with me using signs. Well, it's funny that she should ask that. I had just told someone recently that I try to hear the "wake-up" calls of others. For example, it used to be that when I would go to a hotel they might ask if I wanted a wake-up call. I always said "no" because I know how to set the alarm myself. But in the mornings, I could hear wake-up calls in adjacent rooms. So I decided that I am the same way spiritually speaking -- I can hear other people's wake-up calls.

Well here's the thing about me and alarm clocks and other people's calls . . . just because I hear them doesn't mean that I am going to get up.

God was already dealing with me about writing about prayer and increasing my prayer life. But I didn't "get up" until the alarm rang personally for me and said "pray." (See May 12, 2011 – Time to Pray)

So my answer to my friend is "yes." The Lord deals with me that way when I won't do what I need to do--when I need to do it. This "dealing" reminds me of these scriptures:

¹⁴ For God does speak—now one way, now another—
   though no one perceives it.
¹⁵ In a dream, in a vision of the night,
   when deep sleep falls on people
   as they slumber in their beds,
¹⁶ he may speak in their ears
   and terrify them with warnings,
¹⁷ to turn them from wrongdoing
   and keep them from pride,
¹⁸ to preserve them from the pit,
   their lives from perishing by the sword. Job 33:14-18

God spoke to me one way and then through an iPad. I'm thankful that He gives me another chance. I repent for being slow to respond. I pray that you and I will perceive His speaking to us and then respond instead of hitting the snooze button. Blessings.