Words Of Encouragement To Start The Day (Thursday 07/21/2011)

Why Did He Let Me Know That Now?

2 Samuel 7:24-26 Amplified Bible (AMP)

²⁴And You have established for Yourself Your people Israel to be Your people forever, and You, Lord, became their God. ²⁵Now, O Lord God, confirm forever the word You have given as to Your servant and his house; and do as You have said, ²⁶And Your name [and presence] shall be magnified forever, saying, The Lord of hosts is God over Israel; and the house of Your servant David will be made firm before You.

            Have you ever come through a period of hurt or turmoil and just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, you find out something about the person involved, people involved or the truth about a situation, and you wonder why now, why did I have to find this out now, when I thought it was over this?  But was this really the first time this truth came to light? When this happens we question God and all that we rely upon to keep ourselves sane and holy.  In those moments if you are anything like me, we may find ourselves, just shaking our head knowing that God has a sense of humor, and there is definitely a method to His madness, because we have learned that God never brings anything to light for no reason, there is always something He is trying to accomplish.   Sometimes, it is about God wanting us to know that we heard Him correctly all along, that our ears were clear and the voices we heard were not in our head they were in our spirit.
            The Bible tells us that “God will use the foolish things to confound the wise.”  It is our wisdom, our logic and our rationale that often leads us to believe how things like this should play themselves out.  When we make up in our mind that we are okay, we move forward as though we are, but are we really? Had we block out God speaking to us? Had we sensed something that we ignored?  Sometimes God wants us to know He needs for us to be over some things and the only way He is going to get us there is by re- revealing the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so we will not go back into that situation again under any circumstances. Sometimes He has to confirm in us all over again what He showed or said.  When God gives us a word, a revelation and showed us the truth of who people are, the truth of the motives of someone, but we chose to doubt what we were hearing, or ignore it because we just want to be over things and people in our own way; but when things are exposed, reconfirmed or resurface we know that God is confirming the word He gave us to begin with.  He is letting us know that no matter how hard we try to ignore what He is saying He is speaking non the less.  The Bible reminds us “He that has an ear let him hear, what the spirit is saying to the church,” that would be us are we listening?
            God wants us to know His voice, he wants us to heed what He is saying when it is said the first time, but He know us so well that He often will say it again, not to Himself talk, but for our benefit, so that we understand the importance of hearing and listening. The confirming of His word is not for Him, but for us. It often comes to make us a believer, to make us to know that His word is true, and that truly there is NO GOD LIKE JEHOVAH! God establishes words, relationships, disposition of relationships and all else by His word.  But He wants us to have a means to know that it is not coincidence or just happenstance. God wants us to know that His word is truth and it stands.  He wants to build a relationship with us that we are sure when we hear Him and no one can rock that by their actions, words, pretenses, proclamations or declarations. God will continue to confirm what He says because He wants there to be no room for doubt and no room for anyone else to get the glory and honor besides Him!