I heard a radio program the other day that was basically repeating everything, or a lot, of what it is I am trying to say in these entries. I have always known that I am not the only one who has asked these questions or given what I think are God's messages. I know other people believe this way and there are others who know they talk to God and try to understand his desires for us. It has always been that way. That is another reason I have always wanted this to not be about me or have anything attributed to me in any way. I know it is unavoidable, but I want the message to speak for itself. Believe it, don't believe it, it doesn't matter. If it speaks to you, then listen. If you have your own way of speaking to God, then do that. I can only offer what it is I believe God is trying to get me to tell you. I do not purpose I do it well or if I even get the correct message across. It is the feeling or the knowledge or the understanding I am trying to invoke and not the specific words I use in my messages that should be focused upon.
That being said, where am I going today. I don't really know and I don't have a plan. God said he wanted to let me know that I am not alone but to also let others know that if they are looking for answers, the answers are there. If not from me, then from others in the strangest places. Or what would seem strange to me but really I should say unexpected places. For example, the radio program. The message I got today was from someone who does not believe in God. Someone who questions if there is a God. Someone who actually grew up Jewish and apparently knew a lot about what it means to be Jewish but who, in his present day life, had no room for God, religion, or His teachings.
But he did say this. Having no belief in God or his plan, the words he grew up speaking and the messages those words conveyed still spoke to him today, when he would repeat them. They still gave him comfort and they still had a power that he could feel. Not that he was changing his mind about religion but he did say, on some level, the words had power. The message was still meaningful and still held true over all those years.
That is what God tells me. It is not the words, it is not the way they are presented, it is not even who is doing the presenting. It is the meaning, the feelings they invoke, the knowing that there is something right about it and there is something that has power we can always feel and experience. God is in those words. God has a message and whatever method you use or you find that speaks his knowledge to you, that it is what he is looking for. He is looking for you to understand that He is talking to you and He is telling you something that only you can understand. It is His relationship with you. It is your words, your feelings, and your understanding that matters. Not what someone else is saying, not what they are doing, but how do those words or those actions speak to you about your relationship with God. There is no wrong way. There is not a set way to talk to God. If he speaks to you in a book, or he speaks to you in a picture or if he speaks to you in a feeling, it is the relationship that matters. Only you can decide what God is saying to you. No one can tell you what God has to say. Not me, not the preacher, not the pastor, not the rabbi, not the Iman, no one can tell you what God has to say to you other than God himself.
You can listen to whomever you choose as your religious leader. What they are saying is probably not wrong, but it is your interpretation of what they have to say or you interpretation of what you have read that is the important part of listening for God. God wants me to say that if someone is telling you that they are the word of God and theirs is the only way to speak to or know what God is saying, then they are not telling you the truth. Whatever it is they are saying might be God's words, but they might not be God's word to you. Only you can decide if they are and it is up to you to form a relationship with God to allow you to know what it means and how you should know when someone is speaking for God to you. It might be the message they are telling is for the speaker, or someone else entirely. It could be that someone in the room or in the church, or wherever this is taking place, has need to hear God's message in this way, in those words, and this is how God has chosen to talk to that person. But it does not mean it has to be for you. You will know when it is God's word and you will know when you need to hear this message. God lives within you and He will tell you what you need to know.
The other thing God is telling me about this is it should not be hard. You should not have to concentrate or try to work out what God's message is. It should be plain and easy to understand. If you have to study or pray for an answer or ask someone else what it is God is trying to tell you, then you are not really listening to God. The answer is within you. It may be that God chooses to speak to you through others but it should not be hard to understand. You should be able to listen to what they say, ask God what it means and the answer should be there for you to understand.
For me, it is a feeling. Not really words or anything, it is just a feeling of knowing what is right. Knowing that when God is trying to tell me something, I just have to forget thought and ask, what does this mean to me. Maybe I don't understand it, maybe I don't know what it means, but I know that it is right or it is wrong. I know that whatever it is, something I have thought, something that someone is telling me, or just a general situation of what is going on around me, God lets me know that it is right or what I am thinking about it is right. I might think the wrong thing. I might miss-interpret what he is telling me. But I can feel it. I know I am wrong or it is wrong. I may not have the right answer, but I do know that the answer I have is wrong and I need to keep thinking about it. The right answer is always there. Sometimes, I choose to ignore it. Sometimes, I do not want the right answer and I try to convince myself that I know what is best. But I always know when I am wrong. It is my choice to do whatever I think I should do, right or wrong, but I always know when it is right and when it is wrong.
None of this is a power that I have. None of this is something that God is doing for me and not for anyone else. He has told me again and again that everyone has this within them. Everyone has the knowledge of what is right and what is wrong. It is my feeling that most choose to ignore it. They do what they have been taught or what someone else is telling them to do and they even convince themselves that it might be from God. But God says, you always know what is right and what is wrong.
Choose to ignore it or follow it, you have free will, but God say, you always know. You always know right from wrong. Your relationship with God is up to you. He loves you either way. Live what he tells you or don't. But you cannot pretend that you do not know right from wrong. God knows that you know, and that is the only thing that matters.
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