God Will Speak

​Stac saw an older man in Kroger with an Army Vietnam Veteran cap, so she thanked him for his service. They talked for a while, swapping stories, and just before she left, he asked if he could share one more story with her.  Mike said that while serving in Vietnam, he was in his Quonset hut one night, lying on his cot all alone, when a voice told him to get up and move away from it. He thought that was strange and ignored the message and tried to sleep.  But again, he heard a voice telling him to move.  He did nothing and fell asleep, only to be shaken awake and ordered by a clear voice a third time to get up and move outside the hut. Finally, he listened and went outside.  Almost immediately, a mortar round crashed through his hut, destroying his cot. Had he not gotten up and moved, he would have been killed. With tears in his eyes, he smiled and said God is so good. Stac answered, “He certainly is.” Mike hugged her, and they parted with Stac, saying if we don’t see each other again, we’ll see each other in heaven.

Meditation
1 Chronicles 16:23-25--Sing to the Lord, all the earth. Proclaim His salvation from day to day. Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful works among all peoples. For the Lord is great and highly praised; He is feared above all gods.
 
Mike knows he should not have left Vietnam alive.  His gratitude to God for saving his life translates into a conviction to share the incredible story of God speaking to him whenever he has the opportunity.
           
How about you? Do you have a story of when God nudged, directed, or led you to do something that changed your life?  Can you think of a time when He spoke? There are billions of people desperate to fill an internal vacuum of restlessness, despair, and fear over living an empty life and what happens after they die.  Your story is incredibly important whether God spoke and saved you from a mortar round or introduced you to His Son and transformed your lostness into a life of meaning and purpose.   
           
​God will speak.  We need to trust Him and listen and then have the courage to share with others what He has done for us.  Something to think about . . . in reveration!
           
Inspiration
“I want to remember that God’s will is for all people to be rescued and that He has chosen us to tell them where to find that rescue.  Remembering this helps keep everything in perspective.”—Willie Robertson in The Duck Commander Devotional
 
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Ecclesiastes 12:10-The Teacher sought to find delightful sayings and to accurately write words of truth.  (Holman CSB)