I messed up... Hearing God's voice & the Holy Spirit

oh i've messed up guys i have messed up i've left out something super crucial that i don't know how i've not communicated better let's just begin so i just sat down to film a video about sensing god's purpose hearing the lord's voice and in god's providence i sat down and read my comments i got a question about the holy spirit and essentially i have not talked enough about leaning into the holy spirit and i think i got this comment in the lord's providence because i was sitting down to film this video so i've served you guys wrong i've messed up i've not talked enough about the holy spirit and to leave out an entire third of the trinity is failing you guys so we're going to talk about what i originally planned to talk about like hearing the lord's voice following his direction and in light of the holy spirit because if i don't talk enough about the holy spirit that is a huge play in feeling god's guidance and listening to his voice and all of that so the holy spirit uh third part of the trinity there from the very beginning in fact i've been meaning to go through a flip through of just the tabs of the trinity and like the holy spirit in the old testament and jesus in the old testament and stuff like that if you guys want to still see that a few people commented that on my last tabs flip through i can make that video but the holy spirit has been there from the very beginning the spirit of god hovering over the waters of creation god saying let us make man in our own image god even just giving his spirit to people that he's going to use to build the temple like in exodus 31 3 i mean the holy spirit is there throughout the scriptures but the holy spirit today is something that is typically used and abused and i've said this multiple times in my patrons when the question of the holy spirit speaking in tongues and miracles all that kind of stuff when that comes up in our patreon conversations i'm pretty frank and open with the fact that i do not want to say something and you guys hold it as spiritual truth i want you guys to go read the scriptures yourself a lot of that stuff comes up in acts and i do have a course through acts it's live bible studies that i pre-recorded with my patrons and we do address a lot of those issues in that course so i will have that link down below in the description box when you're reading the scriptures you see that the holy spirit looks very different in a lot of very different instances they were jesus baptism as a dove as fire over the believer's heads at pentecost the holy spirit working like just lining up people's lives like with the ethiopian eunuch but the holy spirit is always giving direction making the way clear and honestly just pointing to jesus so full proof plan if you're ever in a situation where you're like is this really the holy spirit i would just ask yourself is this glorifying jesus or is this glorifying man sometimes the holy spirit can be used almost as a show and you're not really sure if it's like genuine or not and i would say if it's glorifying man be a little bit hesitant of it but if it's glorifying the lord that is always what the holy spirit is doing the holy spirit throughout scripture as just a general rule of thumb never really comes to glorify itself or himself the holy spirit comes to glorify jesus and to point to jesus that's a really easy rule of thumb but when it comes to listening to the holy spirit and leaning into the holy spirit in your personal life we're usually typically asking for guidance or some kind of direction of sorts so whether you're facing like a fork in the road and you have to decide between this or that whether you're like oh god is this your voice or is it not we often like even into the day today will come into instances where we have to ask the lord or the holy spirit within us to direct us somehow some way and this can feel really elusive this can feel really really scary and that starts to cloud our decision-making skills because we're afraid of mishearing god we start to overthink things and our emotions start to cloud our decision-making skills so back in high school when i was pretty new in my faith i started to have daily freakouts daily panic attacks of sorts do i go do the dishes right now or do i start my homework because i don't want to mess up god's will for my life because if i do my homework right now and i'm really supposed to be doing the dishes then what if i don't finish my homework tonight and then i get a lower grade and then i don't get into the college i want to get into and then i don't get to study what i want to study and then i don't marry the right person and then i don't have the right kids and like our understanding of god's will and his sovereignty and our freedom or our decision-making skills all of that can get really messy and really scary really quickly so hear me when i say like your questions about like god where is your voice is this your voice holy spirit were you leading me like all of those questions are totally legitimate your desire to hear god's voice comes from a really good spot of like surrender and worship like that's awesome and your desire to ask god what do you want is so good but sometimes when we do that when we say god is this your voice or is this your voice should i do this or should i do that that's boiling things down to an a or b situation when in all reality there might be a c or there might be an option d or there might be an option e f g h id sometimes even in our very freaking out of like god should i do this or this we are in some ways forcing the solution and we're not listening to the spirit's guidance so i mentioned freaking out in high school totally worried about messing up god's will for my life and i think one of the main things that you have to learn or hear maybe even multiple times is that god is a sovereign god so that means he is all-powerful if you really honestly look at any book throughout the bible god is always redeeming his people for his glory despite their unfaithfulness and despite themselves trying to ruin god's plan and yet god works in and through that to this beautiful story of redemption if you look at the story of acts god's people totally trying to mess up the church and make it all about the jewish exclusivism and only the jews are allowed here and only the cool people that you know whatever and it's not about that and god still works despite that and he gets his will done despite us so be comforted like god is going to get his will done despite you if need be but obviously we want to be a part of that right and so you don't want to purposefully mess up god's plan and mess up god's will well you're not that powerful there's a famous like pin that was going around i don't know like 10 years ago all over pinterest and people were pinning it and i loved it and i shared it with a couple friends and they were like that's so good you know you're so afraid of messing up god's will for your life you're not that powerful i mean it's so cute it's so perfect but there's so much truth there in that you cannot mess up god's will for your life because he is sovereign meaning he is all-powerful his power exceeds you trying to mess up his will right so recently i myself have been asking god some really big questions that are literally life-changing like they could change everything about our lives right now they could cost us all of our security all of our friends and family circles like the tight-knit relationship like they could cost us a lot so i've been really myself leaning into this issue lord am i hearing your voice right lord am i following your guidance correctly or is this just me is this just my pride is this just my feelings what is going on here if you'll turn with me to exodus 40 we see a really cool picture of what god's leading can look like starting in verse 34 the cloud covered the tent of meeting and the glory of the lord filled the tabernacle can you just imagine that's so cool also one of my professors talks about like the glory cloud of the lord and how from afar it looks like a cloud but as you get closer it looks like light and then like fire and revelation stuff and like the tabernacle set up like the tabernacle it's kind of cool it's interesting to read that the glory of the lord filled the tabernacle and moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it and the glory of the lord filled the tabernacle throughout all of their journeys whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle the people of israel would set out but if the cloud was not taken up then they would not set out until the day that it was taken up for the cloud of the lord was on the tabernacle by day and fire was on it by night in the sight of all the house of israel throughout all of their journeys and i couldn't help but when i was reading that be jealous by the way i read that on my bible reading plan if you guys want to join me reading through the bible in the year there's still time to read the bible through in a year i will have that link down below in the description box but anyway i couldn't help but be jealous of god's people they had that visual reminder of god's presence and they had that very undeniable reminder of what they should do in that exact moment they should either move or they should stay still i so wish like i just like couldn't help but be jealous like i want that kind of guidance in my life lord especially in this life-altering life changing decision that we're making right now i even wrote in the margin of my bible wouldn't it be nice presents guidance wouldn't it be nice it hit me like a wall that is exactly exactly what i have because the holy spirit lives within me you see the holy spirit works the exact same way as the glory cloud above the tabernacle the holy spirit urges me to ask certain questions the holy spirit might nudge me to feel weird about a certain conversation the holy spirit might lead me to open up a random book i haven't read in like years the holy spirit works through our questions when we're reading the bible the holy spirit works through our skimming over passages that we're just not meant to dive deep into today you know the holy spirit works the littlest things even when we feel like he's not working while i may avoid talking about the holy spirit sometimes on my channel because i don't want to get into issues i don't want to rub people the wrong way and all of that stuff that's probably very wrong on my part because the holy spirit is there in your bible reading every single day and so if i'm gonna be a channel that you know teaches you how to read the bible and teaches you all these bible study tips i'm failing you if i don't really truly emphasize all the time that like every single time you open a concordance or every single time you open up a lexicon whatever it is the holy spirit is guiding you for certain things to stick out to you when you're reading it or for the holy spirit to just cause you to ask certain questions so lean into that because you have the holy spirit within you it's even better than the glory cloud at the tabernacle saying okay it's time to leave now you know it's even better because the holy spirit is mapping your thoughts the holy spirit is mapping your emotions leading and guiding you and while it's all tainted by sin the holy spirit is that one hope that one glimmer that you can lean to so if you're having a hard time like leaning into like hearing god's voice and feeling his guidance and knowing which way to go abcd whatever it is if you want that warm and fuzzy confidence that god is leading you in destruction and you know for sure without a shadow of a doubt ask the holy spirit and when you ask the holy spirit you may not feel a big wave of clarity you may not feel like the curtains open up and it's like a perfect answer plan right here but what you will have the holy spirit will point to the lord and his truth and his comforts that what that he is all sovereign that he is all-powerful and his will is going to be done even despite you isaiah 26 3 is you keep in perfect peace those whose mind are stayed on you sorry that's my verse this week that i'm trying to memorize but anyway where was i going with that but lean into the holy spirit ask the holy spirit to guide you and watch as he points to the lord watch as the holy spirit reminds you that god is in awe control and through that knowledge that god is in control and you can't mess up his plan i can pretty much guarantee you're gonna see what you need to do next you're gonna have the gates opened and you're going to be able to have that clear mind that perfect peace to see where god is leading you so the holy spirit is kind of tricky it's an interesting part of the trinity because the holy spirit isn't out for its own glory it's pointing a lot of the time it's a big arrow in your heart and your mind or in the scriptures but it's that very guidance within our own lives in our hearts guiding us as we walk through the christian life now if you guys want to hear more about living the christian life and struggling through tough issues and big questions i have a series that like i kind of picked up and then kind of dropped is on christ and culture and i think it will really challenge you in your faith walk to ask the hard questions about christ and culture so i encourage you to click here and i will see you guys in those videos bye guys

Channel: How to Faith A Life

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Length: 11min 23sec (683 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 04 2022