Last Updated on May 11, 2021 by Pastor Ikechukwu Chinedum
Today we will be teaching on 5 ways God might be speaking to you. Often times, people have asked if God still speak to people these days. Considering the level of sin and iniquity that has taken over the earth, do God still find some people worthy to communicate with? The gospel truth is YES. God still speaks to us, the only difference is that the way he speaks to us differs from the days of the old.
The problem most believers have is that they think God should speak to them in a way that they will hear God speak. They don’t believe that there are other ways through which God communicate with his people. God doesn’t directly speak to us, He speaks through the God nature that resides inside of us the person of Holy Spirit. In the book of John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. The spirit of the lord carries the message of God to us through diverse means.
You don’t have to wait until you hear the voice of the Lord directly before you know that God is speaking to you. There are several other ways through which God can speak to you, they include:
- Through Dreams and Vision
- Through our conscience
- Scriptures
- Visitation of Angels
- Through Other People
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Through Dreams and Vision
Dreams and visions are one of the ways God speak to us. The scripture says in the book of Acts of Apostles 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams. This is the last days when God promise to pour His spirit out upon all flesh.
We are the bearer of God’s testament. When the spirit of the lord dwells in us, one of the few ways God will communicate with us is through dreams and visions. Don’t just take all dreams with triviality. God might be speaking to you through it. If only Joseph had taken his dream as a joke, there was no way he would have become a Prime Minister in Egypt.
This means we must not take dreams with levity as God might be speaking to us through it. That is why we need to pray for the spirit of discernment. The spirit of discernment will let us know if the dream is something to take important or not. God has promised that we would see vision as young men. So when God opens your eyes and you see things that are beyond what the physical eyes can see, don’t take it with levity. Pray for revelation and meanings to what you have seen as God might be trying to tell you something through it.
Through our Conscience
The conscience of a man is one of the most silent communication organ in the body. The spirit of God through our conscience tells us what to do sometimes. The function of the conscience is help us distinct between good and evil. This explains why we sometimes have a guilty conscience whenever we have done anything bad.
The book of Psalm 51 says the Sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and a contrite heart God will not despise. A man that doesn’t have a conscience can not have a broken spirit. The spirit of the lord through our conscience reprimand us when we have done something wrong. Also, we have a feeling of relief in our minds when we have done something well.
Our conscience strikes us to differentiate between what is right and what is wrong. It also enforces us to do that which is right and acceptable before God.
Through The Scripture
The Psalmist said your word have I kept in my heart that I may not sin to you. The scripture houses the word and promises of God for the life of a man. One of the most prominent ways through which God speak to us as man is through the scripture. Little wonder we were warned not to give interpretation to the scripture based on our mortal understanding.
The scripture says in the book of Psalm 119:130 The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. God gives us direction through His word. The word of the Lord lighten our path and makes every rough way smooth. So, when we study the scripture, it is pertinent to seek the guidance of God so we don’t miss out when God is saying something to us through a particular verse of the scripture.
Visitation of Angels
Another way through which God communicate with us this day is through the visitation of Angels. The book of Hebrews 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation? Angels are ministering spirits. The ministry of angels will reign till eternity. God will continually use angels to communicate with people.
The only difference is that they might not come to us in form of heavenly beings that they are. They could come in form of man to communicate with us. We are the heirs of salvation and angels are ministering spirit designed for those that will inherit salvation.
Through Other People
Not just anyhow other people but through the heirs of salvation. 1 Peter 4:11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. Oftentimes, God speak to us through other people.
He fills the mouth of people with words and they say to us. However, we must have the spirit of discernment to differentiate between the fake and original. Also, whatever message we get from any pastor or prophet should be a confirmation of what God has told us.
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