A Devotional Thought From Joshua

Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister…     Joshua 1:1

Throughout the Old Testament it is noted that God spoke to individuals. We don’t know exactly how that happened. Did Joshua hear an audible voice? Did the Holy Spirit speak by impressing words, thoughts, or concepts on Joshua’s heart in such a way that he could not miss the point? Was there some other way? I like to think, as many others might also, that at least on some occasions God used a literal voice to instruct people about His will.

We long to know the will of God, and wouldn’t it make life so much easier if we could hear and recognize His voice? Though He has spoken like that, those times were few in relation to the history of the world. He does however continue to speak.

God has given us His inspired word in written form. When an individual believes that the Bible (the written form) is given by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, he/she has in his hands the truth for faith in life that God is speaking to all of us.

In the New Testament God says that if we want to have a personal relationship with Him there is a pathway of belief that brings us into His Presence. It’s receiving Jesus, God’s son, in our hearts. Jesus tells us specifically I am the way (John 14:6). So that’s what God says to you in His plan of salvation.

Then in passages like Colossians 3, God tells us how to have the best of what human life is about. He says get rid of things like lying, anger, blasphemy, and sexual sin, among others. By eliminating that which is bad, our lives get good. Then through the writer of this passage, Paul, God says add to your life kindness, forgiveness, and love, among other good things, and when you do this your life improves overall.

There are numerous passages in Scripture that talk plainly about living the good life, and in them He is speaking to you (to us) if we will accept the fact that He has inspired the Bible for that very purpose

If you want God to speak to you get familiar with what He has said in the Bible.