Building a Relationship with God – Part IV
In parts 1 – 3 of our series “Building a Relationship with God”, we have taken a look at how to start to talk to God (through prayer) and how to start to listen for God (through mediation). Now let’s take a look at how God gives us signs that He is all around us.
When I tell some people the story about what had happened to me a few months ago they look at me as if I’ve absolutely lost my mind. As a matter of fact, at the time, I thought I might have been a little off my rocker and kept this to myself for a while. But in an article that I previously posted called God Helps Ease Our Concerns, I tell the story of how one night I was really feeling quite all alone. That night I asked God to give me a sign that everything was going to be okay. This is what I wrote in that article:
The other night, while at the end of a vacation, I was upset about what seemed to be a lot of little things. I was sitting at a restaurant on the water and had just watched a beautiful sunset. After the sun had set and the sky had darkened, I was thinking about why I was upset and, as I do sometimes, I asked God to give me a sign to let me know that everything was okay. As I asked that, simultaneously a star appeared in the sky and a light from a boat appeared on the horizon. I was wondering if this was supposed to mean something when a thought popped into my head: I am like a boat at sea navigating with a sextant (a compass) and God is my guiding star.
I started wondering to myself if I was just making this all up in my mind; so, I asked if this was really the sign I was supposed to get. At that moment one of the biggest shooting stars that I have ever seen shot straight across the sky right towards the boat and the star. I knew that I was not alone – God was with me – and that all was going to be alright. So I gave my troubles up to God and enjoyed the rest of my evening.
God gives us signs all the time. Many times we don’t see them because we either don’t look for them or we are not open to them.
I believe that it is okay to ask God for a sign. In fact, in the Bible, there are times when God does tell people to ask for signs:
Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, "Ask the LORD your God for a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights." Isaiah 7:10
My aunt passed away recently from lung cancer. She really loved angels. While she was ill and going through her treatments, she always prayed. One day after praying, she walked into her kitchen and found a couple of little foil silver and gold angels about the size of your fingernail on the kitchen floor. She had no idea where they came from. She picked them up, kissed each one, and then put them in her cabinet. She knew this was God telling her that He sent His angels to watch over her. This didn’t just happen that one morning – it continued to happen for many days. She could not have been happier to know that she was not alone.
God’s signs come in many different ways.
Ask God for a sign. If you do, just remember to keep your eyes, ears, mind, and heart open to receiving it because you never know how or when God is going to give it to you.
Have you ever asked for and received a sign from God? Tell us about it.
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Elmer Laydon
Hi Elmer!
Thank you for your willingness and obedience to be used of God in the Whisper Community. I have a sign, some may think it’s silly but I believe that it is from God. There have been times that I have gone through many things that I’ve brought on myself. Yet, I know that God is with me because of this sign. He gives me a rainbow. Now, the unusual thing is that this rainbow is indoors. I’ve experienced it in a time where I was going through a divorce, financial crisis, emotional disease and other various times…this present one is on the wall in my kitchen near my coffee maker. It has a distinct beginning and an end but it is there daily and always in the same place. I only have to turn on a light in the place where I sit to read the word and the rainbow is there on the wall. There are other signs that he’s given me, but I do admit I have to slow down enough to see them. One other one pops in my mind right now is that I saw a green shoot growing out of a tar topped roof! Now that lets me know that God can create life whereever and whenever He chooses!
1Welcome fellow traveler. You are so blessed. So very happy for you to have heard His whisper. God is truly great and yet such a mystery. Tell me how He helped you find Him. Love LOR
2My mother died someyears ago, but I still miss her wisdom and her fragrance. My oldest caughter had a very close relationship with my mom, and she was having a difficult time letting her go. As a small child, my mom and my daughter would go looking for 4-leaf clovers and make it a fun day. My daughter had since then, never found one. well, she asked my mom to let her know if she was with her, and did she know she was a great grandmom? Several days later, while walking in the park, she looked down and found one just sticking up, alone. Then for weeks after, she kept finding them in unusual places. Now she no longer doubts my mom is watching after her and by the way, she is still finding 4-leaf clovers.
3Jeanie, Thanks for sharing with us. I hope your daughter finds 4 leaf clovers forever. Elmer
4Que lindo es el senor muchas senales de confirmacion he estado recibiendo de el senor ultimamente, y estoy muy emocionada y muy feliz.Dios los Bendiga.Amen
5ELMER, HELLO . I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW …I AM SO THANKFUL FOR : THE WHISPER OF GOD. IT HAS BLESSED MY LIFE . I HAVE LEARNED SO MAY THINGS ALREADY AND I HAVE ONLY BEEN IN FACEBOOK FOR 12 YRS.
GOD BLESS YOU !
JUDY MCVAY O’BRYANT
6WHOOPS… CORRECTION … I HAVE BEEN IN FACEBOOK 2 YRS !!!NOT 12.
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