God's Whisper

Here’s a thought for the day from Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening Devotions:

February 5 –

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“At that time Jesus Answered”

Matthew 11:25

What an extraordinary way to begin this verse: “At that time Jesus answered.” It is extraordinary because no one asked a question, nor was Jesus having a conversation with any human being. Yet, it states, “Jesus answered and said, “I thank you, Father.” When you answer a question, you answer the person who is speaking to you. Who was speaking to Christ? His Father. Yet, there is no record of it.

This verse teaches that Jesus has continual fellowship with His Father and that God spoke to his heart so often that here it was not necessary to record it. It was Jesus’ habit, indeed His very life, to talk with God.

Let’s learn the lesson this simple text teaches. Just as Jesus was in this world so are we, and like Jesus we need silent fellowship with the Father in order to answer Him. The world will not know who we are talking to, but we will respond to that secret voice made audible to us through the Spirit of God. And we will recognize with joy that God has spoken.

Let us answer and speak to God, either to say that He is faithful and true, or to confess our sins through the conviction of the Holy Spirit, or acknowledge His mercy, or affirm the great truths which God the Holy Spirit has opened to our understanding.

What a privilege to have intimate fellowship with the father of our spirits. It is a secret hidden from the world, a joy that even our closest friends cannot share. To hear the whispers of God’s love our ears must be clean and ready to listen to His voice.

This day, may our hearts be ready to hear when God speaks. Like Jesus, may we be prepared to answer Him.

What hinders you from responding as quickly as Jesus did to the whispers of God in your ear? What does 1Corinthians 1:7-9 say about this?

He has given us every good thing to walk in His Holy Spirit - we lack nothing!

If this is so, then you might ask the question “Then why am I still having trouble with this issue? Maybe you should read James 4:1-3.

When we ask the Father with wrong motives our hearts are to spend what God gives us on our own selfish desires. But when we ask with a heart of submissiveness to our Lord and Savior, to please God, not appease our selfishness, then God is quick to give us the desires of our heart!

May the Lord bless your socks off today!