HEARING GOD’S MESSAGE – TWICE
AND IT’S ESTABLISHED
We all want to hear from
God. But how do we learn to recognize His voice? We practice “listening” to our
spiritual five senses. God uses these to speak to our hearts, minds, and
emotions. But He often puts in a bonus by giving us the DOUBLE. Genesis 41:32 tells
us: “And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it
is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly
bring it to pass.”
Let me give you an example
that happened to me. I heard a teaching about a certain type of demon that I
didn’t know anything about—the teacher called it a water spirit. Since I’m very
interested in removing demons from God’s people, I thought about looking
further into these water spirits. A few days went by, and I thought about it,
but I didn’t do anything. Then when I was looking for a picture to go with one
of my posts, the photo with the ocean is what I found.
At first, when I looked at
this picture, I was hesitant about using it. I thought the point of view, so
close to the edge, and the waves coming up over the rocks was kind of scary
looking. But immediately God reminded me of the scripture: “The
heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but
the earth hath he given to the children of men” (Ps. 115:16). God was
letting me know that I needed to study this water thing further.
What I want you to see is
that God doubled His instructions for me: First by HEARING (the teaching), then
by SEEING the photo. I’m sure He’s done this for you too. When we see this kind
of thing in the Bible, we can expect God to do it for us too. We need to keep
our spiritual senses open to His revelations. When God doubles up on a
revelation to us, it means we need to pay attention. God gave the same dream to
Pharaoh twice to “establish” it. The word used for “establish” in Genesis 41:32
means “fixed, prepared, settled, made firm, set up.”
God may work through
hearing, seeing, tasting, touching, smelling, or a general sense of just
knowing. Let’s be sensitive to those spiritual senses, and the DOUBLE, and
respond to what the Lord has for us.
Love, Carolyn
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