Thursday, September 25, 2008

"Ask Me...Not Them"

1:02 AM by Christi Bowman

I have been hearing "Chronicles" in my head a lot over the past couple of days, so tonight, when I opened my Bible, I opened to I Chronicles, I read the first chapter, and as I got to the second it became apparent that the genealogy was going to go on for a few chapters. I skimmed until I got to chapter 10. I read chapter 10 and was stopped in my reading tracks at verse 13 and 14.

Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD; he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance, and did not inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

Before opening my Bible to I Chronicles this evening I read "My Utmost for His Highest." Tonight's Devotional was entitled "The "GO" of Preparation." Oswald Chambers writes:

"The "go" of preparation is to allow the Word of God to examine you closely. Your sense of heroic sacrifice is not good enough. The thing the Holy Spirit will detect in you is your nature that can never work in His service. And no one but God can detect that nature in you."

There it is folks. I depend on the human voice in times of crisis in lieu of the voice of GOD. It is not that I doubt that God talks to me. I hear God often, but, when I am facing the unknown, or if there is something I don't understand, or should a stressful situation arise I don't take the time to pray about it first. I pick up the phone or hop on the world wide web. My emotions are running high, and I need a voice I know I can hear...the audible voice of humanity. When push comes to shove I depend on that first, and only after I calm down do I seek the voice of God...as a back up.



Well, He's done with that.


Twice now I have been told by God that something I do will bring me death. The first time was March 3, 2008. On that day God told me, via Genesis 3:2, that if I continued to drink I would die. Tonight, Sept 24, 2008 He is sending me the same type of message. It is not a zapping message; God will not strike me dead the next time I seek out the human voice. What He is saying is "I am preparing you...learn to depend on me now, for where I am taking you, you must depend on me...your life depends on it."

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