LUKE 1:1-4 (NIV)
Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.
LUKE 1:1-4 (ESV)
I HAD A FEELING
GOD IS ALWAYS TALKING. WE JUST ARE NOT ALWAYS LISTENING.
“it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you,”
God speaks to us through many different avenues.
“And if what you see is all you see, Then you do not see all there is to be seen” - Kirk Franklin
Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey and went with the Moabite officials. But God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the Lord stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him. When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, it turned off the road into a field. Balaam beat it to get it back on the road.
Then the angel of the Lord stood in a narrow path through the vineyards, with walls on both sides. When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, it pressed close to the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it. So he beat the donkey again.
Then the angel of the Lord moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the right or to the left. When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, it lay down under Balaam, and he was angry and beat it with his staff. Then the Lord opened the donkey’s mouth, and it said to Balaam, “What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?”
Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If only I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now.”
The donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your own donkey, which you have always ridden, to this day? Have I been in the habit of doing this to you?”
“No,” he said.
Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with his sword drawn. So he bowed low and fell facedown.
NUMBERS 22:21-31
Sometimes the message God is giving us is loud and clear, but we don’t recognize God in the message.
You know how the enemy will keep you from acting on that feeling that the Holy Spirit is giving you? By getting you to a place where you believe that the word God has given you doesn’t matter because others have already said it.
God wants YOUR voice
God wanted LUKE’S voice
IF YOU DOWNPLAY THE PURPOSE OF YOUR VOICE, YOU DOWNPLAY THE VOICE OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE.
It takes faith.
“Luke was able to write the word because he was acquainted with the Word.”
You cannot discern the voice of God in your life if you don’t know what He sounds like…
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
ROMANS 10:17 (NKJV)
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
ROMANS 12:2 (ESV)
ARE YOU ACQUAINTED WITH THE WORD?
