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A Clear Message

Before making any choice, we should always make sure the decision lines up with His will and if we get the signal wrong, He’s there to be our rear guard in the aftermath.

When you switch stations on the radio, do you ever get static?  It’s possible to feel like that with God too you know.  You pray and pray and you think you get an answer, but as it turns out…oops, you were wrong.  It happens to all of us at one time or another, so don’t stress it.  God’s Word gives us some clear advice on this situation in two different ways.

Isaiah 52:6, 52:12

6 Therefore My people shall know My name; Therefore they shall know in that day
That I am He who speaks: ‘Behold, it is I.’ ”
12 For you shall not go out with haste, Nor go by flight; For the Lord will go before you, And the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
Are you getting the signal from these loud and clear?  If you aren’t, then let’s adjust the dial a little.
First, prayer is always the best way to know what God wants you to do.  Everything from relationships, to where you live, to whether or not you should have that third cup of coffee (pretty sure the answer is always “Yes” on that third one).  I digress, I am not telling you anything I haven’t said before.  Here is the second part of things, making sure you are hearing God clearly.
Before making the call on what you are going to do, make sure the decision you are making lines up with Scripture.  If it is a decision that doesn’t need to be made in the immediate, spend time with Him in the Word; as much as you can.  He’ll let you know what to do.  If it is a situation where a quick choice needs to be made, clear your mind and listen.  I cannot tell you how many times it’s happened to me that I’ve needed to make a quick decision and the Holy Spirit has immediately brought a Scripture to mind that has led me to the right choice.
As I’ve said before, I’m no great Biblical scholar.  Nor do I have every single verse of the Bible memorized.  In fact, when I have had to make quick decisions, and made them, I’ve often gone back to my research tools to make sure the Scripture I got was first accurate in content, and secondly applied to the situation and I was getting the signal correct.  If I’m wrong, and here is where verse 12 from today’s reading comes in, He lets me know clearly and He also has a watch over my back,  in the aftermath of the wrong decision.  Before making any choice, we should always make sure the decision lines up with His will and if we get the signal wrong, He’s there to be our rear guard in the aftermath.