When I use “Day” in my title for this post it is a day of however long you want it to be; in my case let’s just say it was more than 24 hours.
A few years ago, years that are now in my past and that I do not pre-occupy my thoughts with anymore, I was clouded by a fog such that I had lost a lot of my sense of discernment. I am reminded of the V8 commercial where the guy needs a knock on his head, well that was me. I can’t say that I am very sharp these days either, but some sense has returned to me. It seems like an age old problem though, because even the Lord Jesus lamented that some religious folk in His day “did not recognize the time of [their]your visitation”.
The other day a friend contacted me out of the blue, and in the back of my mind I thought, “God’s doing”. Then , soon after, another friend directed me, along with others, to a webpage, and again the thought came to me, “God’s doing”. Seeing too much in the little incidents of life maybe, or recognizing God subtly nudging me??
OK maybe I do not want what God is offering me and prefer to remain in the dark, so I can ignore the nudging. After all I still have some ongoing unanswered queries. Or I can take the opportunity to experience God’s continued kindness and love extended to me.
It’s like the old story of the man in the flood on a rooftop who cries to God to save him. A boat comes by, but he says, “No, No, God will save me.” A helicopter flies overhead, but he waves it off and cries, “No, No God will save me!” He soon drowns and goes to heaven and asks God why He let him drown. “I didn’t let you drown–I was in that boat, and in that helicopter, but you refused my aid”. God sends those “angels” across our paths to bless and encourage and help us, if we choose to ignore their voices we are shutting our ears to the voice of God. We sometimes want everything to be “mystical” when God will many times use a practical ways to speak to us.
It is a new day.
” Today if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.” (Hebrews 3:15, 4:7 NASB)
