Category Archives: 2014

Does God Speak to Us Individually?

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Have you ever heard God speaking to you? Whether you have, or you haven’t, I think you’d like to hear this amazing story…

At the recent International Convention of the Familia de Dios in Seattle, the Rev. Francisco Zuniga shared this:

Around 20 years ago, when visiting Seattle from Chile, he was struggling with a major decision.

As he visited a church where his daughter and son-in-law, my mother, and my husband and I attended, something awesome happened…Francisco-Zuniga_

During the worship service, Bro. Francisco was standing somewhere in proximity to my mother. He didn’t speak any English, and my mother, didn’t speak a lick of Spanish. However, all of a sudden, while she was worshipping, he heard her speak clearly IN PURE AND PERFECT SPANISH: “What you are thinking of, do it!”

A seasoned man of God, he knew immediately that the Lord God was speaking an answer directly to him. He made his decision, went back to Chile and put the vision that was in his heart into action. Over the next two decades through prayer, hard work, perseverance, and the blessing of God Almighty, he trained and raised up hundreds of passionate men and women, young people and adults, who have, in turn, taken the Gospel of Jesus Christ and spread the Good News to multiple nations, including Chile and the United States, but also to several others.

As this gentle servant of God looked over this international convention with tears of joy…he smiled at my elderly mother seated in the back row – a woman who had spoken the message God had given her, in a tongue she didn’t understand, 20 years ago!

This testimony, and a million others like it, verify that God speaks to mankind, and speaks to us as individuals. I know He has been so kind to speak to me so many times.

So, the question isn’t “Does God speak to us?” but “Are we listening?”

 

What God Thinks About Me Is Infinitely More Important…

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In this hyperconnected world in which so many people spend so much time in social media, do you find yourself wondering what your network thinks of you?

I think, if we’re honest, most of us would say “Hmm…yes…” to that.

The more important question, however, is “What does God think of me?

We know that God loves us. And wow, what an amazing and wonderful truth that is.

But what does God really think of the way that we live in this world? And does it matter?

The scripture says that God knows our hearts. In fact, He knows us better than we know ourselves.

He also told us that if we are to spend eternity with Him, we must return His love, with all of our heart, with all of our soul, with all of our mind, and with all of our strength. So, yes, it matters.

Fortunately, when you fully realize how much He loves you, what He has done for you, and the amazing plan He has for YOUR life, it’s easy to surrender to His love.

It might not be so easy, however, to fit your actions to your intentions. That is why He offers us His Spirit to lead, guide and empower us to do what we know we should do.

So here’s a couple of reflective questions to finish this thought today:

Knowing that He knows your heart, your thoughts, your attitudes, and your actions:

Would you say that your life is spent pursuing the applause of Heaven or the applause of people?

Which means more to you?

And which do you think means most to Him?

 

I think you know…

 

 

P.S. ~ Hat-tip to the person who coined the phrase: “What God thinks about me is infinitely more important than what others think about me.” If you know who they are, feel free to let me know in comments below…

 

 

I Said To the Man Who Stood at The Gate of the Year

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God Knows – Poem by Minnie Louise Haskins, 1908

And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: “Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.”

And he replied:

“Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way.”

So I went forth, and finding the Hand of God, trod gladly into the night. And He led me towards the hills and the breaking of day in the lone East.

This beautiful and famous poem has been read and quoted by many, including HRH The Queen, the Queen Mother, and George VI, for its timeless message. It was also inspiring to the British public during World War II.

My mother often quoted it to me and I loved it. Until now, I had not, however, heard the second part and find it just as tremendous as the first few lines. Here is the rest of this powerful poem:

So heart be still;
What need our little life
Our human life to know,
If God hath comprehension?
In all the dizzy strife
Of things both high and low,
God hideth His intention.

God knows. His will Is best.
The stretch of years
Which wind ahead, so dim
To our imperfect vision,
Are clear to God. Our fears
Are premature; In Him,
All time hath full provision.

Then rest:
Until God moves to lift the veil
From our impatient eyes,
When, as the sweeter features
Of Life’s stern face we hail,
Fair beyond all surmise
God’s thought around His creatures
Our mind shall fill.

As you stand at the gate of the year 2014, I pray God will lead you and direct your steps. If we walk in His will for our lives, there’s no greater joy we can find.

Blessings,
Kim