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Turning up the Volume

Written by ronda on . Posted in Phoebe Connections.

1 Corinthians 2:10

Now God has revealed them (God’s plans) to us by the Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the deep things of God.

You can know God’s plan for your life. While He may not give you all the details, He will certainly speak to your spirit regarding things He wants you to do. The Holy Spirit is His way of communicating with us.

When we become a Christian, the Holy Spirit comes to dwell in us. He will teach us as we read the Bible and speak to us during prayer, sermons, teaching, the words of others, etc. This same Holy Spirit will speak to God through groanings that we cannot understand to communicate to God what is in our hearts. He will also search the deep things of God to know God’s heart for us and communicate those things to us. God’s Spirit speaks to our spirit, and that is how we hear from God.

We get in trouble hearing from God when we begin to lean upon our own understanding and upon our own senses. If God speaks something to our spirit and we don’t see it happening or about to happen, we begin to doubt. We need to turn up the volume on the Holy Spirit and turn down the volume on our flesh or our senses and believe what God is speaking to us. The best way to turn up the volume on the Holy Spirit is through prayer and the reading of God’s word.

1 Corinthians 2:9 tells us that no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no man has dreamed what God has in store for those who love Him. You can’t see it coming, and you can’t reason it through logic. God’s Holy Spirit will search the deep things of God and reveal it to you. Your job is to receive it, believe it, and walk in it. This is not the same thing as “name it and claim it.” Unless God reveals it to you through His Holy Spirit, you can’t have faith for it. If His Spirit has revealed it, however, you can count on it!

Take time today to turn down the volume of the world and all its chatter, and turn up the volume of the Holy Spirit through prayer and the reading of God’s word. God is always speaking, but we must be quiet enough to listen. You will recognize His voice by the presence of peace. Does it really matter what anyone else has to say, anyway?

Have a blessed day!

PHOEBE Connections, Inc. is a 501(c)3 dedicated to enhancing the lives of widows by building relationships and helping them find new identity in Jesus Christ through serving others. We promote an atmosphere of fellowship, where the widow can connect with other widows to develop friendships and supportive relationships.