God is liberal and free with His Word. He is constantly speaking to His people through the Bible and through the indwelling Holy Spirit. The Word is rich with many examples and narratives about people hearing from God, it is rich with all sorts of promises about Him speaking to us. God loves relationship and looks for an ongoing dialog with each and every one of us. Our personal relationship with Jesus is special and as we interact freely with Him, our lives are enriched and we learn more and more about who He is and how He is changing us to become more like Him.
In 2 Peter 1:16-21 Peter provides some excellent teaching on prophecy; he is recounting his first hand experience on the Mt of transfiguration with James and John. In this he tells us that holy men spoke as they were inspired by the Holy Spirit, and they wrote the Bible. Today God is still speaking and still inspiring us and we can hear from Him and read the scriptures with the same inspiration that the writers had when they wrote – for the Holy Spirit is the same and is alive in all of us who are followers of Christ. The Apostle John echoed this point in 1 John 2:27, But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.
What a powerful truth and wonderful blessing we have in Christ – that He makes His Word alive to us. We are personally blessed as we read the Word and experience the moving of the Holy Spirit.
As we have reviewed this truth today I encourage you to read the Word with the expectation of the Holy Spirit making it alive and real for you.
God bless you all.
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