Mom Heart Moments #34

God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son.

IN THE ABSENCE OF BIBLICAL CONVICTIONS, people will go the way of culture. If we don’t regularly listen to the voice of God, we are doomed to obey the voices around us that may or may not have our best interest in mind —friends, culture, family, neighbors, television, magazines, Satan —the list goes on and on.

In Genesis, we find God walking in the Garden in the heat of the day to speak to Adam and Eve. He longs to have a conversation with them, to be with them and enjoy their company. He is not just a theological idea to be understood. He is a lover, a friend, a Father, a trainer, a Savior —and He wants to speak to us, too.

However, in the busyness of our lives, many just don’t get this. Women read blogs to find out truth; they search for wisdom in the media; they write me and ask me to give them advice. I absolutely believe in seeking out the counsel of older women, but the fact remains that God wants to talk to us —to give us His insight about our situation, our puzzle. He, the Word Himself, has a word for us.

It seems that in our lives together, God has led Clay and me to make many out-of-the-box decisions. But they weren’t arbitrary —we just kept looking at the Word and listening to His voice. He said, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect” (Romans 12:2). In order to do God’s will, you have to have your mind transformed to His will —which means not conforming to this world and all its voices.

Which voices are loudest in your own life? How might you quiet those that aren’t God’s own?