Welcome to “Going Deeper with the Word.” In this segment, we welcome people of all backgrounds, religious or not, to review the Word of God. The Word of God provides guidance, direction, and instructions for living our lives and walking with God.
Today, we examine how God’s Word provides clear guidance and direction about finding signs of His influence in our lives.
Let’s review examples of God’s Word that can lead and guide our steps and back up the principles we learned in today’s message. I will be reading scripture today from the Amplified Bible.
If you are watching this message online, we invite you to share your comments as we review each verse.
Here is our first verse.
In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill; and he prayed to the Lord, and He answered him and gave him a [miraculous] sign.
2 Chronicles 32:24
In this verse, we see an example of God responding to a prayer with a sign. God’s Word has many examples of God providing a sign to those who placed their trust in Him, especially in the Old Testament. While times have changed, God has not. We can trust that if we pray, God hears us and will provide us with signs within the timeframe that He sees fit. This timeframe may be immediate or at a point in time in the future. Either way, we can know our prayers are heard.
Can you describe a time that your prayer was answered with a sign that shocked you or surprised you? What was the impact of the way in which you received the sign?
Let’s have a look at another verse.
for it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
Matthew 10:20
In this verse, Jesus explains how we can be used as a vessel. In today’s message, we explored the idea that God will touch the hearts and minds of individuals to influence situations, for example causing them to notice something that otherwise they would not or even orchestrating events such that an individual’s actions are guided to God’s plan, even as they use their own free will. There are also cases where individuals can be used as a vessel to speak to others. God will put the words in the heart of an individual to speak when circumstances are warranted.
Has there been a time when you were used as a vessel to speak about a matter you knew very little about? What were the circumstances and how did your words affect the outcomes of those circumstances?
Let’s look at one last verse.
And He said,
“Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I the Lord will make Myself known to him in a vision
And I will speak to him in a dream.Numbers 12:6
In this verse we see God making clear that He will speak to the prophets in a dream. God will use many ways to reveal Himself to us and provide us with signs of His presence. He is not limited by our senses or lack of understanding. He will use the way He sees fit to lead and guide those who place their trust in Him.
Have you experienced a time when you believed God was communicating with you directly? Was it in a dream or were you awake? Describe the event.
We are truly blessed when we are permitted to experience and witness signs from God. God rewards the faithful, and the more we lean into God, I believe, the more He will reward that trust with signs of His presence in our lives. God will know the appropriate time to be subtle as well as direct. He will know when to influence others behind the scenes and when to intervene in a situation you are involved in real-time. Keep God first in your life and be prepared to experience signs!
Thank you for your time in reviewing these verses with me today. Please be sure to share in the comments how these or other examples of God’s Word have helped you to be aware of signs from God.
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