“The Bright and Morning Star”

Daily writing prompt

Are you more of a night or morning person?

Ponder This!

Emmanuel
Has come to be
An inner well.
O taste and see,
Ponder and enjoy
Jesus gems,
Christ in you!
Jesus puts
His gems
In your heart.
Don’t miss them.
Jesus calls
Inside you.
Hear Him.
Jesus comforts.
Jesus guides.
Jesus nudges.
Jesus teaches.
Jesus prompts.
Jesus abides.
Hear Him speak
Within you.

Your mind and your heart receive direct communication from God that often gets overlooked in the flood of all your mental and emotional activity. Begin to notice the poetry of His inner gems. Jesus is called “the Bright and Morning Star.” Let Him freely shine in your heart and mind.

The biggest problem in hearing from God is the false belief that He isn’t talking to you. If God can hear you when you pray, then surely, He can speak to you when you pray. Listen! Regularly hearing God speak directly to you is a skill you can learn if you are willing to work at it. To ask God to listen to you when you are unwilling to listen to Him seems unfair.

Direct communication with God is the bridge that leads from draining discouragement to high hope. A personal relationship with Jesus begins with humble listening to and responding to His inner voice and grows by sincere obedience to the Holy Spirit. Hearing and obeying God is essential for spiritual growth.

The world’s biggest communication problem is the human unwillingness to directly hear heart-to-heart from God. We can’t ponder, treasure, and obey communication that comes straight from God to our heart, if we won’t notice it and recognize it. If being attentive to God’s direct communication to you isn’t your top priority, you probably won’t even notice it.

Direct communication from God is ongoing to those who “quench not the Spirit.” One way to receive direct communication from God is to ask Him to give you the language of Spirit and then begin to speak as the Spirit gives utterance and/or write as the Holy Spirit prompts and directs you.

Humbly receiving and obeying heart-to-heart communication directly from God is the key to 1) the fruit of the Spirit, 2) discipleship, and 3) the gifts of the Spirit. It takes Christianity beyond religion and demonstrates it as daily reality.

Be a believer,
But also be
A receiver
And perceiver
Of what Jesus
Is saying
And doing
Within you.
Let Him be
The weaver
Who holds you
Together,
The lever
Who lifts you up
To soar with
Eagle wings.

About Steve Simms

I like to look and think outside the box. In college I encountered Jesus Christ and I have been passionate about trying to get to know Him better ever since. My wife and I long to see the power and passion of the first Christ-followers come to life in our time. I have written a book about our experiences in non-traditional church, called, "Beyond Church: An Invitation To Experience The Lost Word Of The Bible--Ekklesia." If you need encouragement, search for: Elephants Encouraging The Room and/or check out my Amazon author page. Thank you!

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