Deut.4. 36 - Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
*Instruction means To direct you on what to do or to discipline you.
*God does not speak to entertain us.
#2: GOD SPEAK TO TRANSFORM OR CHANGE. US.
*Jacobs was change to Israel ! Gen 32: 24:32.
*Abram to Abraham. Exalted Father to Father of Many Nation. Gen 17:1-5.
#3: GOD SPEAK TO US TO REPROVE US.
Hab 2: 1.
Hab.2.1 - I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
To reproved means to chastens someone..
Prov.3.11 - My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Job.5. :17.
Job.5.17 - Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
SECRETS OF HAVING AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE WORD OF GOD:
i : Develop or cultivate a hearing ear!
Rev.13.9 - If any man have an ear, let him hear.
Rev.3.13 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
The hearing ear is the ability to discern the dealings and the voice of God in a situations.
ii : Prompt Obedience! Gen12:1-4:
The LORD told Abram, “You are to leave your land, your relatives, and your father’s house and go to the land that I’m going to show you.
2 I’ll make a great nation of your descendants, I’ll bless you, and I’ll make your reputation great, so that you will be a blessing.
3 I’ll bless those who bless you, but I’ll curse the one who curses you, and through you all the people of the earth will be blessed.”
4 So Abram left there, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot accompanied him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran.
Gen22:
1 Sometime later, God tested Abraham. He called out to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am!” he answered.
2 God said, “Please take your son, your unique son whom you love—Isaac—and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him as a burnt offering there on one of the mountains that I will point out to you.”
3 So Abraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his male servants with him, along with his son Isaac. He cut the wood for the burnt offering and set out to go to the place about which God had spoken to him.
Hag.1.12 - Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.
iii: Total believed in God:
1 Some time later, a message came from the LORD to Abram in a vision: “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield. Your reward will be very great.”
2 But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, what can you give me since I continue to be childless, and the heir of my household is Eliezer from Damascus?
3 Look!” Abram said, “You haven’t given me any offspring, so a servant born in my house is going to be my heir.”
4 A message came from the LORD to him again: “This one will not be your heir. Instead, the child who will be born to you will be your heir.”
5 Then the LORD took him outside. “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if you can!” he said. “Your descendants will be that numerous.”
6 Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
Luke.1.45 - And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
iv; Be A doer of what the word say! (Jos1:8)
