DECISION, DIRECTION & FOCUS

1) Idol. When we let something turn to an idol in our hearts, we focus on that in such a way that our faith is sucked by a necessity to control the situation. And then when God tries to talk to us we don't even realize it. A heart without an idol is a rested heart, surrendered to God. 2) Unbelief. To listen God is necessary faith. Because He isn't someone in front of you that you can see talking to you. He speaks in a spiritual way. His language is Spirit and we need faith to open ourselves to Him. And everything He tells us requires our faith to believe in what He is saying. 3) Lack of wisdom. God is wise. Have you ever heard someone very wise talking or preaching? It's not a common language, but full of wisdom. Full of words that need meditation to understand them. When God speaks, He doesn't always speak a common language, but a wise one. It's a spiritual one. And to understand it we need wisdom. Many times in the Bible we see God saying to som...

Here in Brazil, no one talks about this subject. But I've observed that some churches in the US worry about this. Because it seems that many people there think that God is an angry God ready to punish us. So, many American pastors work to prove them wrong. To prove that God is a loving Father who doesn't punish. I have been meditating in all that for some time and decided to write my view on this. When God is telling me to do a certain thing and I insist on disobeying Him, He rebukes me. But sometimes His rebuke is not light! He gets mad at me. But not mad in an angry, carnal way, willing to punish me.  He gets upset because my disobedience makes me weak and I get distant from Him. I lose my connection with Him. So He gets mad because He wants me to be strong, powerful, full of peace and very close to Him. When I insist on disobeying, I feel powerless, I lose my peace and I get disconnected from Him. How many times did He use thunders to rebuke me? Many......