Read Verses: Psalm 2:1-7
Key Verse: Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain?
God loves questions, its one of the ways he interacts with his people throughout the Bible, Do you have a question you'd like to ask God? Questions can sometimes be aids to our faith and vital to our prayer life. Our God is the lover of questions...sometimes he answers them. Think about how many things we have read in the Bible, how many doctrines we've studied, how may passages we've read that were unclear. How many choices we need to make in order to follow him. We know God has the answer to these questions as well as questions like "who do I marry" and "what kind of career do you want me to go in". Spend a minute and write down some questions you might have for God.
In the Bible we read of people asking God for information on a wide variety of subjects, as wide as their interests. For example, one of the psalmists, probably David, asked God why the nations were in turmoil (Psalm 2:1). Joshua asked God why He had brought the Israelites across the Jordan River miraculously only to allow them to fall before their enemies (Josh. 7:7-9). David often asked God if he should take a particular course of military action (2 Sam. 2:1). Job pled with God to identify his sin, sin that he could not identify himself (Job. 7:11-21). One of the psalmists wanted to know why God would not respond to his prayers when everything around him seemed to be falling apart (Psalm 10:1-2). The Apostle Paul asked God who the Person was who appeared to him on the Damascus Road (Acts 9:5). These are some types of questions that biblical characters asked God in prayer.
I know the question you have, does God still answer questions today? He can, he may, it's really up to Him. He is free to do so. However, many times we don't need new answers, because the answer to our specific question might have already be answered in the Bible. In which case, our answer involves reading God's word in a prayerful way guided by the Holy Spirit, allowing him to illuminate scripture. God has a way of answering us without needing to speak directly to us. But we need to be open to all the ways that God speaks and not limit him to the way we want Him to speak.
Before we read scripture, offer up your questions to God. Write all your questions down on a piece of paper, and as you read, see if any of them get answered. Write down all of our needs for direction. Essentially He has told us to make those decisions in dependence on Himself and by applying the wisdom and the examples that He has recorded for us in the Bible (Prov. 3:5-6). The Holy Spirit enables us to make wise choices when we seek to live in the light of what God has revealed. An audible voice giving guidance was necessary when disciples lacked the full revelation that we enjoy in Scripture today. However, we have a better guidance system that helps us avoid the ambiguity that people face when they hear voices today. People who hear voices have to ask further questions? Was that the voice of God, or was Satan speaking to me, or am I going crazy? Today the Holy Spirit guides disciples of Jesus into the truth by illuminating the truth that God has given us in Scripture (John 14:23-26).
Be assured of this, God takes all of your prayers, all of your questions, all of your petitions for guidance very seriously. In every case, they reveal the desire of our heart to be guided by God and to be faithful to His Will on earth. He does not brush them off or ignore them. We need to keep asking and searching. This is a heart that God can work with. The heart that gives us and says "I'll find my own way" is a heart which is not really looking for truth, but just a simple fix. Open up your heart and don't stop asking. However, God may not answer immediately or as soon as we might want (Job
7:11-12). Moreover sometimes no answer is His answer. Frequently God has already given the answers to our inquiries, and we can find them by searching the Scriptures (Psalm 144:3; John 5:39).
Lord Jesus, I lift up my heart to you today and I want to be led by your Spirit. Often times I think that means to hear a voice, or some supernatural leading. Teach me to ask in faith, and then to keep my eyes open for your answer. Answer me in a sermon, by a bible study, by a friends conversation, or from you directly. No matter how you choose to speak I open up my heart to you and ask that you make me sensitive to your leading. In Jesus name I pray, AMEN
Key Verse: Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain?
God loves questions, its one of the ways he interacts with his people throughout the Bible, Do you have a question you'd like to ask God? Questions can sometimes be aids to our faith and vital to our prayer life. Our God is the lover of questions...sometimes he answers them. Think about how many things we have read in the Bible, how many doctrines we've studied, how may passages we've read that were unclear. How many choices we need to make in order to follow him. We know God has the answer to these questions as well as questions like "who do I marry" and "what kind of career do you want me to go in". Spend a minute and write down some questions you might have for God.
In the Bible we read of people asking God for information on a wide variety of subjects, as wide as their interests. For example, one of the psalmists, probably David, asked God why the nations were in turmoil (Psalm 2:1). Joshua asked God why He had brought the Israelites across the Jordan River miraculously only to allow them to fall before their enemies (Josh. 7:7-9). David often asked God if he should take a particular course of military action (2 Sam. 2:1). Job pled with God to identify his sin, sin that he could not identify himself (Job. 7:11-21). One of the psalmists wanted to know why God would not respond to his prayers when everything around him seemed to be falling apart (Psalm 10:1-2). The Apostle Paul asked God who the Person was who appeared to him on the Damascus Road (Acts 9:5). These are some types of questions that biblical characters asked God in prayer.
I know the question you have, does God still answer questions today? He can, he may, it's really up to Him. He is free to do so. However, many times we don't need new answers, because the answer to our specific question might have already be answered in the Bible. In which case, our answer involves reading God's word in a prayerful way guided by the Holy Spirit, allowing him to illuminate scripture. God has a way of answering us without needing to speak directly to us. But we need to be open to all the ways that God speaks and not limit him to the way we want Him to speak.
Before we read scripture, offer up your questions to God. Write all your questions down on a piece of paper, and as you read, see if any of them get answered. Write down all of our needs for direction. Essentially He has told us to make those decisions in dependence on Himself and by applying the wisdom and the examples that He has recorded for us in the Bible (Prov. 3:5-6). The Holy Spirit enables us to make wise choices when we seek to live in the light of what God has revealed. An audible voice giving guidance was necessary when disciples lacked the full revelation that we enjoy in Scripture today. However, we have a better guidance system that helps us avoid the ambiguity that people face when they hear voices today. People who hear voices have to ask further questions? Was that the voice of God, or was Satan speaking to me, or am I going crazy? Today the Holy Spirit guides disciples of Jesus into the truth by illuminating the truth that God has given us in Scripture (John 14:23-26).
Be assured of this, God takes all of your prayers, all of your questions, all of your petitions for guidance very seriously. In every case, they reveal the desire of our heart to be guided by God and to be faithful to His Will on earth. He does not brush them off or ignore them. We need to keep asking and searching. This is a heart that God can work with. The heart that gives us and says "I'll find my own way" is a heart which is not really looking for truth, but just a simple fix. Open up your heart and don't stop asking. However, God may not answer immediately or as soon as we might want (Job
7:11-12). Moreover sometimes no answer is His answer. Frequently God has already given the answers to our inquiries, and we can find them by searching the Scriptures (Psalm 144:3; John 5:39).
Lord Jesus, I lift up my heart to you today and I want to be led by your Spirit. Often times I think that means to hear a voice, or some supernatural leading. Teach me to ask in faith, and then to keep my eyes open for your answer. Answer me in a sermon, by a bible study, by a friends conversation, or from you directly. No matter how you choose to speak I open up my heart to you and ask that you make me sensitive to your leading. In Jesus name I pray, AMEN
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