And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of
Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom
and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou
comest unto Zoar. (Gen 13:10)
When tensions arise and challenges abound the
laziest way is to go with our senses. God doesn’t want us to be passive
allowing situations to flow as though we leave our destiny to fate. He wants us
to willingly decrease other affections that guide our senses and develop an
internal or spiritual intuition. God doesn’t leave us alone to make decisions,
hence He sent His Spirit or Comforter (John 14:17, 18). To allow fate to
determine our destiny is to say that God isn’t sovereign or in control. But to
have keen spiritual intuition is to know that He is the Good Shepherd Who
lovingly guides His sheep in the realm His peace (Isa 9:6).
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
(John 10:27)
What forms our hearing and by what filtering we have developed
to ensure that what is heard is truly from God? Jesus says to follow Him, that
is to faithfully do what is the little that we know and when the cross roads
are faced there is a peace that passes all understanding overwhelming us that
we know that we know He is gently leading us. One who makes choices according
to senses would expect great demonstration of power, but His sheep will be able
to shut that all out to listen to the still small voice (1 Kings 19:11, 12). A
sensual person thrives on the spectacular; a sheep of Jesus Christ would be
still in the midst of a storm and quietly listen.
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