“Listen to counsel
and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days.”—Proverbs
19:20
There are times that you will
hear God speaking to you through your spiritual leaders and fellow believers at
your local church. In the mobile
communication of the world today, it is easy to dismiss our local church as a
place to hear God speaking to us. For
many people, the local church is a place to serve God; but, they get so busy
serving God that they forget that this is the one of the places where God has chosen
for them to hear His voice. At the flick
of the wrist, you can go from source-to-source searching for a “fresh” word
from God, or, in many countries of the world, you can search out the next “big”
conference, the next speaker, etc. as a way to hear God. However, God has placed in the church, in our
field, spiritual leaders (apostles, prophets, evangelist, pastors and teacher) to
glean from. They equip and edify the
body of Christ.
The book of Ruth demonstrates to
us how an ordinary person heard God through the instructions of her family
member. Ruth was instructed by her
mother-in-law to glean in a field that belonged to a fellow member of their
family, Boaz. Ruth’s obedience to glean
in her family member’s field brought deliverance to her situation and
established the royal bloodline through which Jesus was born.
Prayer—Lord, today I purpose in my heart to hear you speaking to me
from those you have placed in my life.
Help me not be so busy serving that I forget to hear and follow your
instructions to me, in Jesus Name. Amen.
