Listening to God...

"I did not call you to preach about Me; I called you to be a voice that I could speak through... My words are Spirit and Life. My words give life. You are not called to just teach about Me, but to let Me teach through you. As you dwell in My presence, your words will be My words, and they will have power."
-Excerpt from The Call by Rick Joyner... Jesus is speaking.

I am still reading a book called The Call, which is a vision given to Rick Joyner and its so amazing! I came across this passage, and immediately my mind started racing and holy discontents were brought forth.
I am a big supporter of people listening to their God. Many say that it is difficult and that they don't hear from God. I say to those people, that they need to open their minds. When people think about hearing from God, they think God is going to speak to them audibly. I fully believe that is possible, but i don't think its the only method that people can hear from God. I believe the Word is a great way we can hear from our God. Another way we can hear from God is by His Spirit revealing things to us. So many times i get so discouraged, because God is not speaking to me. I question God over and over, what the deal is? The better question i should be asking is whether or not i am having ears to hear. I know left and right God is sending messages my way, i am just so busy with life that i choose to not listen. I believe God values each and every one of His children, and i believe even more that He wants to use each and every one of His children.
I think that speaking to people, small groups or large, aren't solely reserved for a pastor. So many churches are so stuck on that being the role of the pastor and the pastor only. I believe God wants to use ALL His people.
A holy discontent i have is that so many preachers and pastors develop sermons on a Sunday morning, and they don't even seek the Lord on it. I fully believe we are just instruments, and that God needs to use us, not us use Him. I am not a preacher or pastor, i don't quite feel thats my gifting, but i believe whole-heartedly, EVERY message spoken, should be the message that is on God's heart, not just ours. I know this is making NO sense, but i don't quite know how to get it out. I just think, our church leaders today need to get on their knees a little bit more before they approach the congregation. Prayer is the key aspect here, seeking God is what we are called to do! All glory to Him!

My thoughts for the day...

So i am reading the sequel to the Final Quest, the Call. So far it has been just as exciting and convicting as the original. I just went thru a chapter called "The Prison," and it was talking about how believers are chained in a prison, and sometimes they don't even know it. The popular guard of this prison is fear, including fear of deception. Rick Joyner writes, "He (Satan) sidetracks many by having them fear more in his power to deceive than to have faith in the power of the Holy Spirit to lead them in all truth." It got me thinking. So many times, believers come together and are so adament about staying on their guard against the enemy, or combatting the enemy, when i believe our number one focus should be on God. I heard somewhere that believers spend more time taking notice of Satan (in a sense glorifying him), rather than God. I began to think about my life and tried to see if at all i was a prisoner to this fear, and what i found was hard and sad. I know, so many times, that i look to all things negative as if they were from Satan, when in essence the negative things in ones life could quite possibly be from God. I so many times believe that when life isn't going my way, my God wouldn't be the one punishing me, and i am beginning to find out, that is absolutely right. A lot of the time God isn't punishing me, but just disciplining me. I am beginning to realize the only way to combat this, is to focus on who my God really is. So many times i am finding myself focusing in on God... but more so who i want Him to be, it doesn't work that way...!! Well until next time... adios.. and much love!!