Be Ready To Do What God Tells You To Do & You'll Be Happy

Luke 11:28 & I Samuel 3:10

You can know it's God speaking to you when He asks you to do something that costs you, when it's something you wouldn't naturally think of, and when it's something that will benefit and bless others.

Soul Food

Luke 11:28

“He (Jesus) replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

I Samuel 3:10

“The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, ‘Samuel! Samuel!’ Then Samuel said, ‘Speak, for your servant is listening.’”

Soul Search

• Do you think God can ‘speak’ to people?
  If you do, how does He do it?

• Do you believe God has ever spoken to you?
  How did He speak to you?
  Can you describe your experience(s)?

• Do you think it’s important for people to believe that God can speak to them?
  Why or why not?

• Do you believe that the Bible is God’s Word to people?
  Why or why not?
  It is important to have a ‘starting point’ – a reference – for knowing the kinds of things God would actually speak to people.
  If there’s no foundation for absolute, moral Truth, then God’s ‘voice’ could say anything to anyone about everything and there would be no basis for knowing whether or not it was God who was speaking.

Soul Moves

• Read the Bible.
  Start with the book of John in the New Testament.
  The first decision you need to make is whether or not you believe God’s written Word, the Holy Bible, is God’s Word to mankind.

• Ask God to begin speaking to you through the Bible.
  As you read, trust that God will stir things in your spirit and in your mind for what He wants you to pay particular attention to.

• As you go about everyday life, be listening for God’s voice to speak to you when He wants you to do something.
  He will often bring a Bible verse you have read back to your mind that ties in to the very thing(s) He wants you to do.

• Try to remember this simple list of things that will alert you to the fact that God is speaking to you:

  • What you’re hearing will cost you something – there will be a point of sacrifice.

  • What you’re hearing is not from within yourself because you know you would never think of something like that on your own.

  • What you’re being asked to do is going to be a blessing and benefit to somebody else."