Listen to what God has to say about your life

Isaiah 55:1-3 NIV

"Come, all you who are thirsty,
come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
and you will delight in the richest of fare. Give ear and come to me;
listen, that you may live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
my faithful love promised to David.

Our rebellious side might say why listen to God? For me the reason is that he can speak objective truth into our situation. What God says is a truth for all time and not a temporary fix. His universe is up and running and the laws that apply will continue to apply. Our God is both amazing and perplexing in that way.

The objective truth is still there for us even when circumstances change. To witness from my own life for example. Three weeks ago when I started this mini series on God's Plan I kind of knew which way I was going. Yet the circumstances of my life have changed since then. We have an issue with Debs visa to overcome and have temporarily dropped to one income. Now that all stems from a miscommunication somewhere along the line and needs to be sorted out. We are praying and listening for an answer but holding on to the objective truth that as husband and wife we need to live together. It might knock our faith a little but increases it when we come out the other side with a God blessed solution.

God's plan is the plan for your life but uniquely configured for you in version 1 which involves you and him! You need to align yourself with his personal plan for you. It uses all your strengths and can cover your weaknesses.

Yet when we go wrong he can and does bring us back on track when we turn back to him.

God's only law is love. That law governs the whole of creation and God himself. To love is to be a part of that. The personal bit comes out of how we exercise our free will to discover how and where to love and, of course who to love.

Because we have this free will each one of us also has the exciting prospect of discovering what our God given talents are and then stepping out in faith and using them.

We need to concentrate always on finding the most loving solution to our opportunities and our problems. That way we cause the least collateral damage whilst achieving the most personal growth.

Listening to God is done through living in his words in the Bible, with the help of those who can interpret and pray them with us.

Dear Lord, reveal your path for my life. Help me to walk your path in a way that is loving and unique for me. Amen