How to Know What GOD Wants You to Do? | John Giftah | Biblical Teaching | Christian Podcast

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0:45 Speaker 2: Hello everyone, Welcome to this edition of the Fuel for

0:47 Speaker 2: the Soul with John Gifta podcast. All through this week

0:50 Speaker 2: we're looking at various aspects would regard to the Word

0:52 Speaker 2: of God, and today one of the things I wanted

0:54 Speaker 2: to understand is how the Word of God brings direction

0:57 Speaker 2: to our life. See. I want you to understand the

0:59 Speaker 2: Bible say in Psalm undred and nineteen one, not five,

1:02 Speaker 2: the diverd is a lamp unto my feet and the

1:04 Speaker 2: light onto my path. See. One of the ways to

1:07 Speaker 2: get clarity away your life, direction of your life. To

1:10 Speaker 2: know that God wants you to do certain things is

1:14 Speaker 2: to actually be in a place where you're having the

1:17 Speaker 2: relationship with God through his word. Because a lot of

1:21 Speaker 2: times people want clarity, they want God to speak to them,

1:25 Speaker 2: but they will never open the word. See, there are

1:28 Speaker 2: times God does speak through dreams, visions, and I believe

1:31 Speaker 2: in that. And God has used and spoken through all

1:34 Speaker 2: of those things, angelic encounters and through people through different things.

1:39 Speaker 2: God speaks through all of those things. But the underlying

1:42 Speaker 2: principle you need to understand is, even if God speaks

1:45 Speaker 2: to you through everything else, the word, the vision, the

1:49 Speaker 2: dreams and people and all that, it should always be

1:54 Speaker 2: rooted in the logos word. It should be rooted in

1:57 Speaker 2: the written word because people can come out and tell

2:00 Speaker 2: you the Lord told me this, This is the word

2:03 Speaker 2: of the Lord. But if it is not in line

2:05 Speaker 2: with the logos, the written word of God. Why am

2:09 Speaker 2: I specifying logos and the written word? Because I've spoken

2:13 Speaker 2: about this. I encourage you to check out the second

2:15 Speaker 2: episode on the series this week. But I told you

2:18 Speaker 2: the difference between the spoken word and the written word,

2:20 Speaker 2: because if you do not know the difference, you will

2:23 Speaker 2: always struggle to identify which is the word that will

2:28 Speaker 2: actually transform you and how to receive that word. I

2:30 Speaker 2: really encourage you to go back and check that episode

2:33 Speaker 2: out because it's so important. But first thing I wanted

2:35 Speaker 2: to understand, if you want God to speak to you,

2:38 Speaker 2: it will always be the Lord speak to speaking to

2:42 Speaker 2: you in the chordings, in line with the written word

2:46 Speaker 2: of God. See one of the times I had to

2:49 Speaker 2: go and minister in a certain place and there were

2:52 Speaker 2: a lot of people saying, don't go because it's dangerous.

2:55 Speaker 2: Because I want you to understand. As much as many

2:58 Speaker 2: of us watch or listen from the place of comfort

3:01 Speaker 2: like everything is great, you have the liberty to listen.

3:04 Speaker 2: Maybe you at the liberty to go to church. You

3:07 Speaker 2: had the ability to attend a service without any problem,

3:11 Speaker 2: But there are places where it's a risk. I remember

3:14 Speaker 2: I had to go and minister in a certain place

3:17 Speaker 2: and it was a risky place because the place has

3:20 Speaker 2: a lot of opposition towards Christian ministry and or activities,

3:25 Speaker 2: and there was danger involve I'm not denying that. In fact,

3:28 Speaker 2: when I had reached the first thing the pastor said

3:31 Speaker 2: was hope nothing happens. It was dangerous, but that's how

3:34 Speaker 2: God calls us to go into the danger places and minister.

3:38 Speaker 2: But again, I have to be wise, right. I can't

3:41 Speaker 2: just go to some place without getting the word from

3:43 Speaker 2: the Lord. How did I know that I had to go?

3:46 Speaker 2: I was asking the Lord for confirmation because there were

3:49 Speaker 2: different voices saying don't go. The Lord is telling me

3:52 Speaker 2: you should not go, and all of that, and I

3:54 Speaker 2: kept asking the Lord to speak to me directly, and

3:57 Speaker 2: the Lord led me to go and read through the

4:00 Speaker 2: incident recorded in Asks chapter ten, and if you look

4:05 Speaker 2: at verse twenty, the Lord specifically led me to that verse.

4:08 Speaker 2: It's a moment when Peter is contemplating when he gets

4:12 Speaker 2: an invitation to go and minister in Cornelius's house, and

4:16 Speaker 2: he's contemplating whether he should go or not, and the

4:19 Speaker 2: Holy Spirit speaks to him and says, do not hesitate

4:22 Speaker 2: to go, for HIRE sent them. So God used that word.

4:26 Speaker 2: The minute I read that written word. It was the

4:29 Speaker 2: Holy Spirit who led me to that written word. And

4:32 Speaker 2: from that written word came the rama word, the spoken

4:34 Speaker 2: word to me saying listen, that's the word for you.

4:38 Speaker 2: And he said, do not hesitate to go, for I

4:41 Speaker 2: sent you this invitation. The maid God told me to go.

4:45 Speaker 2: I didn't care a bit about anybody's opinion. I didn't

4:48 Speaker 2: care about who said what. There were those who even

4:51 Speaker 2: said that I was following the devil to go there,

4:53 Speaker 2: and Minister, you know, I didn't bother about it. I said,

4:56 Speaker 2: you know what, if God is asking me to do it,

4:58 Speaker 2: I'm gonna go. I don't worry because He has spoken

5:02 Speaker 2: to me through his word, through his spirit and gave

5:05 Speaker 2: me the rama word of confirmation that I should go.

5:08 Speaker 2: And Minister, I went to this place, ministered in this

5:12 Speaker 2: three day crusade, spoke to a lot of young people

5:16 Speaker 2: through the youth conference and to church and all of that.

5:19 Speaker 2: The Lord was in it, and the Lord's hand was

5:22 Speaker 2: powerful in that crusade and meetings. So that's what I

5:25 Speaker 2: want it to understand that when the Lord tells you

5:29 Speaker 2: through his word, his word will be that guiding force.

5:33 Speaker 2: So when God has given you his word, take it.

5:37 Speaker 2: God's word is available. A lot of people are running

5:40 Speaker 2: here and there. I want this vision. I don't I

5:42 Speaker 2: want that dream. See, God speaks through all of that.

5:45 Speaker 2: I love that. I love God speaking through dreams and visions.

5:48 Speaker 2: God has done that so many times. I love that

5:50 Speaker 2: I can talk to you so much about it. But

5:53 Speaker 2: I don't idolize that. I never say God, I will

5:56 Speaker 2: listen to you only if you speak to me through

5:58 Speaker 2: a dream or a vision. Now God, God can speak

6:03 Speaker 2: to you through anything. But the thing is this, The

6:06 Speaker 2: ultimatum is always you hungry to hear him. And how

6:10 Speaker 2: do you show that you're hungry. It's by you feeding

6:13 Speaker 2: on his word. You're being intentional and say, you know what, God,

6:17 Speaker 2: I want to read this word. I want to feed

6:19 Speaker 2: on this word. I want to receive this word. I

6:21 Speaker 2: want you to speak to me through your word. And

6:23 Speaker 2: when you do that, what happens That logo's word. He's

6:28 Speaker 2: not going to just be some information. God will speak

6:32 Speaker 2: to you personally and he will direct your steps. He

6:35 Speaker 2: will tell you go here, He will tell you do this,

6:38 Speaker 2: talk to this person. I still remember. There was a

6:40 Speaker 2: moment when I interviewed rather Sambuil than a current of

6:44 Speaker 2: the Jesus cost ministries. You can check out that interview

6:47 Speaker 2: on my YouTube channel or if you go down on

6:50 Speaker 2: the podcast platform. Here's the thing he said this how

6:54 Speaker 2: there was a moment when he wants to make a

6:57 Speaker 2: decision about a live partner and he was like, oh God,

7:01 Speaker 2: you know this particular proposal came, but is this what

7:05 Speaker 2: it is? It looked a picture perfect on paper, but

7:08 Speaker 2: he asked the Law to speak through the world. And

7:10 Speaker 2: he says how when he was reading the word specifically

7:14 Speaker 2: while he was praying about this, he got a worse

7:17 Speaker 2: which says, she will be detrimental, detrimental to your calling,

7:21 Speaker 2: or something on those lines. And she knew he knew

7:24 Speaker 2: that this was not the way supposed to be. And

7:27 Speaker 2: he said, I'm sorry, I'm not taking this forward. So

7:30 Speaker 2: you see how God will speak to you through his word,

7:33 Speaker 2: the right verse at the right time, the right word

7:36 Speaker 2: at the right time. I still remember there was a

7:38 Speaker 2: moment when my grandma became very sick at one point

7:41 Speaker 2: a couple of months ago, and we did not know

7:44 Speaker 2: what was happening because we had to call in the

7:46 Speaker 2: ambulance and rush and it was so scary. And I

7:51 Speaker 2: was there and I'm like, God, what do you want

7:53 Speaker 2: me to I mean, like, I started speaking in tongues.

7:55 Speaker 2: I didn't understand what was happening. Whether this was my

7:58 Speaker 2: grandma's going to pass away or is going to happen.

8:00 Speaker 2: I didn't know at that moment. The Lord put a

8:04 Speaker 2: worse in my spirit. I do not know what it is.

8:06 Speaker 2: It was just something very random. So I just Google

8:09 Speaker 2: to see what that verse was, and that was a

8:12 Speaker 2: worse that referred to God as the balm of Gilliad,

8:18 Speaker 2: which is basically how he brings healing. And I was like,

8:23 Speaker 2: I didn't expect a healing verse to pop up. I

8:25 Speaker 2: never knew this verse existed. I never knew this worse

8:31 Speaker 2: or the reference or anything. How did that happen? The

8:34 Speaker 2: Holy Spirit putting the right word and giving that words

8:37 Speaker 2: for assurance is I'm the healer and God healed my

8:41 Speaker 2: grandma at that point. See, that's what I wanted to understand.

8:44 Speaker 2: That is how God will spit you through his word.

8:47 Speaker 2: And when you allow the word to be the one

8:50 Speaker 2: guiding you, you will see God speaking to you, leading you,

8:53 Speaker 2: guiding you, giving you the direction, and you will be

8:57 Speaker 2: sustained by that word comes from the mouth of God.

9:01 Speaker 2: I really challenge you to make that intentional step this

9:04 Speaker 2: week to take the word of God most seriously and

9:09 Speaker 2: allow the Word to direct your life. I really recommend

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