There Is A Balance

 

Have you ever been around someone that had a question for you but never quit talking long enough for you to give them and answer?

 

By the time they’re through talking and have thanked you for listening, they leave without ever actually hearing what your answer was.

 

It’s the same way when people are praying you do all the talking and telling God all the problems and by the time you are through you have it all figured out but God hasn’t said a thing.

 

There is a balance.

There is a time when you need to be quiet and just listening to God.

 

Numbers 9:8-10

8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.

 

9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

 

Revelation 2:7-8

7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

 

8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead and is alive;

 

 

Revelation 2:11-12

11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcomes shall not be hurt of the second death.

 

12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;

 

 

Revelation 2:17He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden manna and will give him a white stone and in the stone a new name written, which no man knows saving he that receives it.

 

 

Listen to me we spend too much time praying about the problem we have to take time to listen to God for the solution.

 

We must listen to what the spirit says unto the church.

 

I know we are creatures of habit and we like to think that God needs our advice on how to handle the world, but he doesn’t. As a matter of fact, He probably laughs when we give Him our opinion.

 

If we aren’t led by the spirit of God, then we cannot be the sons of God.

 

 

 

Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

 

To be led by anyone you have to listen to them, then do what they say to do or they cannot lead you.

 

“Can you hear me now?” Is that what God is constantly saying to us. Is there anyone here that knows the voice of the Lord?

 

The scriptures say, “thus saith the Lord”, and then you follow it.

 

John 10:27-28

27 My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me:

 

28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

 

We can lose direction if we fail to hear His voice.

Lets say this: “the reason you struggle in your walk with God, is that you are trying to figure it all out”.

 

And you think that you have it all figured out and you have left God out of your decision.

 

It doesn’t work that way.

 

 

Matt 4:4 But he answered and said, it is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

 

And that’s the only way you can be led by the Spirit.

 

The only thing that Abraham knew was that he had heard God tell him to sacrifice his only son Isaac.

 

Isaac gathered the wood and the fire, but wondered where the sacrifice was going to come from?

 

 

You need to praise Him for what you haven’t seen yet.

 

 

Genesis 22:8-13

8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

 

9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

 

10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

 

11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

 

12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

 

13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

 

Rams don’t climb that high on the mountain, but while Abraham was going up one side of the mountain, the provision was coming up the other side of the Mountain.

 

 

God will make a way when there seems to be no way.

 

 

You want to hear from God? Well, listen to this: “turn the world off” because God will not speak to your situation if your ears are listening to the world and not to His Spirit.

 

There is a balance somewhere, but it’s not with the weight of the world pressing so hard on you that you can’t get a break through.

 

Its time to stop, meditate and listen to what the Spirit of the Lord has to say.

 

It’s not in the shout or the dance. It’s not in how much you pray, but it’s what you hear when you pray.

 

Listen and then obey the voice of the Lord!

 

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