Ears to Hear

How do you hear God?

When you have a big decision in front of you, how is God made part of that decision?

Through this whole Jacksonville move decision, we were/are sliding all over the place. Honestly, the first day or three we didn't really seek God too much. I'm not sure if it was on purpose, though I think not. Mentally we were reeling a bit and unsure. Yeah, there were a few "hey, God, what do you think?" prayers going up, but so much of it seemed to be coming straight from Him. We had mutiple "signs". You know, like "signs and wonders" with not a lot of wonders. Things that really had us amazed, confused, and, I guess, a little confident. It culminated last Sunday with a song that was played (video is on the blog), "Dare You To Move" by Switchfoot. How in the world do these things happen?

I believe in signs in addition to counsel of friends and colleagues balanced with what I see in scripture. There is a lot about belief and faith in all of scripture. The easy is rarely the right. One that hit me the most said that the steadfastness of what you believe once you are enlightened (given an answer) is the fruit of your faith and God will bless you and prolong your days, even though you have sinned against him.

Why is God so good to us even though we don't deserve it? Because that's who he is. Our loving, Heavenly Father. Slow to anger and rich in love. That's why we serve him.

I'd love to hear any other stories of decisions and God's place in them (or even if he wasn't part of it and what happened.)