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God helps us to get through things that we could not get through under normal circumstances.
God helps us get through by providing protection and provisions to succeed.
Getting Through
[Written by Joe Stowell for Our Daily Bread.]
Aug
14
2017
I will hear what God the LORD will speak, for He will speak peace to His people and to His saints. —Psalm 85:8
Gone are the days when a real person greets you on the other end of a phone call. It seems as though whenever we try to “reach out and touch someone,” we are greeted with a computerized voice.
I’m glad this isn’t true of our Father in heaven. He is always there. No voice-mail boxes, no “press 2 for more grace” and no “call waiting” interruptions. Thankfully, “Call to Me, and I will answer you” (Jeremiah 33:3) has not been replaced by, “All lines are now busy. Your call is important to Me. Please stay on the line.”
) has not been replaced by, “All lines are now busy. Your call is important to Me. Please stay on the line.”
Yet I wonder what kind of access He has to us?
Communication with God is a two-way street. He speaks to us through His Word when we come attentively before Him in prayer and through the clear voice of the indwelling Spirit. He paid a great price to keep the lines open so that we can experience the joy of being still long enough to know that He is God (Ps. 46:10). As my grandmother’s favorite hymn “In the Garden” says:
). As my grandmother’s favorite hymn “In the Garden” says:
And He walks with me, and He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own;
And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known. —Miles
© Renewal 1940 The Rodeheaver Co.
And He tells me I am His own;
And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known. —Miles
© Renewal 1940 The Rodeheaver Co.
The joy of hearing His voice is a call you don’t want to miss!
Is God getting through to you?
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