God Speaks: Through Other Believers
Continued from John 1:33
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom…”
Colossians 3:16
One of the most humbling truths in the Christian life is this: God chooses to speak through people. Not perfect people. Not just leaders. Not just those who seem especially spiritual. People. Broken, flawed, still-in-progress people.
And that means two things. First, it means you need other believers in your life, because God may want to speak to you through them. Second, it means God may want to speak through you in the life of someone else.
“Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.”
Proverbs 27:9
This is both comforting and challenging. It’s comforting because it reminds us we are never alone in trying to hear God’s voice. He can use a friend’s encouragement, a spouse’s wisdom, a mentor’s guidance, or even a child’s simple words to make His truth clear to us. And it’s challenging because we realize we are also called to be available for Him to use in that same way for others.
Sometimes a conversation over coffee is more than just catching up, it’s the way God wants to bring comfort or clarity to a hurting heart. Sometimes your testimony about a hard season is exactly what someone else needs to keep trusting Him in theirs. Sometimes the Scripture you read in the morning is meant to be shared before the day is done.
If you want to hear God’s voice more clearly, you need to be around His people. He never designed faith to be lived in isolation. And if you want to be used by God to encourage others, you have to be close enough to see and speak into their lives. It is humbling to think that the God of the universe might use your words, your story, your presence, to strengthen someone else’s faith. And it is equally humbling to realize He might use someone else (someone just as imperfect as you) to do the same for you.
God still speaks. And often, His voice sounds a lot like the people He has placed in your life. So be present. Be available. Be listening. And be ready, not only to hear from Him, but to be part of the way He speaks.
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom…”
Colossians 3:16
One of the most humbling truths in the Christian life is this: God chooses to speak through people. Not perfect people. Not just leaders. Not just those who seem especially spiritual. People. Broken, flawed, still-in-progress people.
And that means two things. First, it means you need other believers in your life, because God may want to speak to you through them. Second, it means God may want to speak through you in the life of someone else.
“Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.”
Proverbs 27:9
This is both comforting and challenging. It’s comforting because it reminds us we are never alone in trying to hear God’s voice. He can use a friend’s encouragement, a spouse’s wisdom, a mentor’s guidance, or even a child’s simple words to make His truth clear to us. And it’s challenging because we realize we are also called to be available for Him to use in that same way for others.
Sometimes a conversation over coffee is more than just catching up, it’s the way God wants to bring comfort or clarity to a hurting heart. Sometimes your testimony about a hard season is exactly what someone else needs to keep trusting Him in theirs. Sometimes the Scripture you read in the morning is meant to be shared before the day is done.
If you want to hear God’s voice more clearly, you need to be around His people. He never designed faith to be lived in isolation. And if you want to be used by God to encourage others, you have to be close enough to see and speak into their lives. It is humbling to think that the God of the universe might use your words, your story, your presence, to strengthen someone else’s faith. And it is equally humbling to realize He might use someone else (someone just as imperfect as you) to do the same for you.
God still speaks. And often, His voice sounds a lot like the people He has placed in your life. So be present. Be available. Be listening. And be ready, not only to hear from Him, but to be part of the way He speaks.
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