{"id":818,"date":"2010-03-09T20:20:32","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T20:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pjhmail.wordpress.com\/?p=818"},"modified":"2010-03-09T20:20:32","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T20:20:32","slug":"why-does-god-not-talk-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/818\/why-does-god-not-talk-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Does God Not Talk To Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello brother John,<\/span>
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\n Zachary my grandson and I were sitting here talking and he had a few questions that has stirred in his heart about God.\u00a0\u00a0 We started watching some utube gospel videos, as we did when he received the holy ghost about a year ago, and I thought about taking him to your web page to hear some music.\u00a0 We found the youth page, and he wanted to ask you a couple of questions.\u00a0 Here they are.\u00a0 He is 9 years old.<\/span>
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\n #1 Why does God not talk to me?\u00a0 I have been asking him to and have not heard from him yet.<\/span>
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\n #2 Is God really coming soon like some people say and are the earthquakes a sign of him coming.<\/span>
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\n K. E.<\/span>
\n SMILE!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hello Zachary.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

As for your first question, God speaks in many ways.\u00a0 David said he heard God speak through the stars at night (Ps. 19).\u00a0 And in the book called Proverbs, we are taught that we can receive wisdom from God by watching the way little ants work (Prov. 6:6-8).\u00a0 Jesus told us to take time to consider nature (Mt. 6:26-30), and he said this because God talks to us through the things that he has made.\u00a0 The clouds teach us about His glory, and the rain and sunshine teach us about His goodness.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

God also talks to us through the feelings that He gives to us.\u00a0 This is especially true if you have His Spirit on the inside of you.\u00a0 Jesus said that the Spirit will guide us into all truth, and many, many times, this the Spirit does this by our feelings.\u00a0 When we do a good thing, the Spirit will make us feel good.\u00a0 And if we do something that is not good, the Spirit will make us feel bad.\u00a0 Those feelings are God talking to us on the inside, letting us know what is right and what is wrong.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

You probably are wanting God to talk to you the way you speak to other people, in the plain English language, and God does do that.\u00a0 Many times, His voice is very still and gentle, and we have to be very still in our souls to hear Him.\u00a0 But sometimes, God speaks a little more forcefully to people.\u00a0 And then there are times when chooses to speak to certain people very clearly.\u00a0 Those people are special to God.\u00a0 Never do anything to harm them.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

One time, long ago, Moses’ brother and sister said some bad things about him.\u00a0 God was very upset about that, and He scolded Moses’ brother and sister.\u00a0 One thing God said to them, was something like this:\u00a0 “If somebody is a prophet, I will speak to him through dreams and symbols, but Moses is more than a prophet.\u00a0 I talk to him face to face!”\u00a0 In other words, God was telling those two people that Moses was special to Him and that Moses should be special to them, too.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe one day God will choose to speak to you, Zachary.\u00a0 He spoke like that to a little boy named Samuel (1Sam. 3), and to another little boy named Jeremiah (Jer. 1).\u00a0 If he does ever speak to you like that, do exactly as he says.\u00a0 Leave nothing out, and add nothing to His words.\u00a0 They are perfect.\u00a0 In the meantime, listen for God’s voice in your feelings, in nature, and in the testimonies of God’s people.\u00a0 His is talking to us all the time by some means.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

As for your second question, Jesus is not coming again any time soon.\u00a0 You will be a grown man before he comes back, and you may even be an old man.\u00a0 In fact, you may go to your grave before the Lord Jesus returns.\u00a0 So, don’t be alarmed by those who say Jesus may return at any moment.\u00a0 They are mistaken.\u00a0 So, you have time to grow and learn what the will of God for you in this life is.\u00a0 Isn’t that good news?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

As for earthquakes, they will continue to increase and grow worse as time passes.\u00a0 But they things are just “the beginning of sorrows” for this evil world, according to Jesus (Mt. 24:7-8), and Jesus knows about these things.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you, Zachary, for your questions.\u00a0 Be a good boy, and don;t follow others in school who do bad things.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

your friend,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Pastor John<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dear John,<\/p>\n

I love that little Zachary has questions about God talking to him!\u00a0 It reminded me so much of Jonathan a couple of years ago asking why God didn’t talk to him.\u00a0 He was really wanting to hear from God.\u00a0 Those questions led Jonathan to the place of wanting to make things right in his heart with God and doing the things that made Him happy, and it led Jonathan to repentance and God baptising him with the holy Ghost. Those innocent little hearts long to learn about Him and hear from Him.\u00a0 No wonder He and Jesus love the little children.\u00a0 I love your simple and tenderhearted answer to Zachary.\u00a0 That was right from the Father’s heart to him.<\/p>\n

Love,
\nBess<\/p>\n

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Hi Bess,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In the Bible, during those times when an older generation had disobeyed God and ruined things in Israel, God would by-pass the elders and speak to little children.\u00a0 He would raise up children as prophets, such as Samuel and Jeremiah, and would raise up children to be kings, such as Josiah.\u00a0 Then he would use those children to turn the nation around.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

We need God to speak, to heal, to cleanse.\u00a0 If the elders among His people refuse to hear Him, then let’s pray that He will again speak to some young people and set them on fire for Him!<\/em><\/span>
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