Have you ever gotten an email or a text that you got worked up about? I’ve gotten such an email yesterday. It was perhaps a mistake for me to have opened it right before I went to sleep because I had hard time falling asleep because of it. My impulse was to email right back and give this person a piece of my mind! But something (or Someone!) told me to wait until the morning to deal with it.

Since I woke up so early in the morning (due to the email), I had a lot of time with the Lord in my devotion. And what passage do I happen to be reading this morning? 1 Peter 2:23, which says, “23 When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.”

That was God speaking to me about how I should handle that email. My first response was, “I don’t want to! I deserve better!” But then, I knew that I had to listen to God and submit to Him. And then, I became glad! Glad because God is still speaking into this jars of clay and preventing me from making a foolish mistake. King Saul was destroyed in the end because he didn’t heed God’s voice. King David flourished because he heeded God’s voice. And here, God was directing me and guiding me! Forget whatever the issue was, I was just glad that God was still speaking to me!

God is good. He is sooo good! He will speak to you in a way that only you know when you earnestly seek Him. To be honest, it’s been a while since I heard from God partly because it’s been a while since I actually took the time to listen to Him. I’d spend perhaps 15-20 minutes in the morning before I go on with the day and that’s not nearly enough time for me to hear from God. But when I sheepishly and guiltily went to God and asked Him to speak to me, He did! 

Go ahead. Spend time with Him. And ask boldly for Him to speak to you!

PH