Word of God Speak

I'm finding myself at a loss for words
And the funny thing is it's okay
The last thing I need is to be heard
But to hear what You would say

Word of God speak
Would you pour down like rain
Washing my eyes to see
Your majesty
To be still and know
That you're in this place
Please let me stay and rest
In your holiness
Word of God speak

Have you ever heard someone say "God spoke to me" and you envision a booming thunder voice coming down from the sky? While yes in the Old Testament God did audibly speak to people, we don't quite get that same experience today. Though I do believe that God communicates with us in many different ways. He doesn't have to shout down at us or appear in a burning bush. We actually have the tangible Word of God available to us whenever we want it. Those who spend time with the Word of God and read their Bible, know the scriptures, and let it breathe through them are the ones who can hear God. If you immerse yourself in scripture, it will be there in your brain on reserve. When you are going through something and could really use God to lead you or comfort you, affirm you, whatever it is; God pulls a scripture to the forefront of your thoughts. Something you read in His word comes to you in that moment. That is how I believe people hear God. 

If you are feeling far from God, or that you can't feel His presence in your life, I want you to step out and look in at your daily life. How much time are YOU choosing to spend with HIM? 

As a purposefully active wife, mom, business owner, and other things, I admit that I do not spend as much time with my Bible as I should and would like to. I strive to be that woman who gets up early every morning and spends time with God and coffee before starting my day. Maybe one day I will be. Maybe that's a bit too ritualistic for me? Or maybe my time with God's word is just different that I classically picture.

I love music. To make you fully understand what I am saying; I feel music. I am music. Melodies and lyrics flow in and out of me constantly. I love to sing, to dance, to speak in song lyrics. This is me, this is my life. When I am not performing an entire musical in my kitchen or car I am worshiping. On a daily basis I am either listening to songs that glorify and praise God or I am singing them. Music is my Bible time. It's my prayer time. I use music to communicate to God, and He uses music to communicate to me. So many songs that are written are taken directly from scripture. So to spend time in "the Word" I think can be up for interpretation. My time in the Word is musical. Because of this I am often drawn to the hymnbook in the middle of the Bible; Psalms. Oh I love to read Psalms! 

For this reason, there are many times when I am in prayer and a song will take over what I'm saying. Now I'm singing to God, because sometimes someone else wrote the perfect words for what I need to say at that moment. At the same time, sometimes I am going through something and yes, God speaks to me. Maybe it's good and I'm on the hill. Maybe it's a trial and I am in the valley. I will hear a song lyric in my head and it is exactly what I need at that specific moment. There have been times that (no joke) I will get in the car and the first song that comes on the radio is EXACTLY what I need. Does that happen to you? 

There was a certain time of my life where I was really looking for direction and answers. I was questioning the road I saw and really wasn't sure why God would lead us down there. I wondered and prayed if it was right, if we were making the right decisions and doing what God wanted us to do. It was definitely not the easy road, so I was hoping that maybe God had a different path option. So for a three day stretch, and I am not even exaggerating here, but I heard the song "I Will Follow". Every time I was in the car. Every time I prayed. Once I heard it playing in a store. Finally when we also sang it in our worship on Sunday morning I was like OK GOD I GET IT! 

All Your ways are good

All You wars are sure

I will trust in You alone

Higher than my sight

High above my life

I will trust in You alone

Where You go, I'll go

There is no doubt in my mind that God was speaking to my heart. 

Moments like that have happened to me. The more time I spend in worship, in song, the more I feel His presence. That makes sense doesn't it? Relationships go both ways. If you want Him to be there for you, well you need to do your part and spend time with Him too. I want to encourage you to invest in your relationship with God. Especially when things are good. Thank Him, praise Him, recognize that He's the one who works all things out for your good. What's true when things are good, is still true when trials, struggles, and disappointments come. And they will come. This life is not easy and is not without pain. But God promises to never leave us, and to walk with us through the valley. He loves you so much, He just wants to know that you feel the same way.