Hearing God's voice

Some of you that know me know that Mark and I have been struggling with how to represent Jesus to our former business partner. For a more detailed description of what we've been struggling with, see my previous blog post:

Matthew 5&6

I really felt like I couldn't know the dollar amount that would satisfy our partner (if there was such an amount) so I've been praying about how much to give him. I felt like the Lord kept telling me a certain amount but I wanted to get confirmation so I asked Mark to be in prayer about this as well.

Recently I ran into a mutual friend of our partner and I and he mentioned to me a couple of little comments that he made about us recently that strengthened my conviction to make right with him the best I could. I threw our a number to Mark that our friend had mentioned to me and Mark responded "I had been thinking a little bit more.". And then he said the amount that I believed the Lord had been telling me all along. This was the confirmation that I needed.

So I looked at the bank balance to make sure I had enough money. It made me a little tight but was doable, so we wrote e check and sent it out, knowing that if we are in God's will then he will provide for us.

Later that day I went to the bank to deposit a couple small checks I had been carrying around in my purse and found in there a commission check that I had forgotten about. I never forget about commission checks! It more than covered the amount we had just written and felt again like God blessing us for following his leading. Feeling his leading is just absolutely so amazing. Hearing his voice is something that I used to think was reserved for people in the Bible. But it happens to us if we just listen! Even though He sometimes tells me hard things or asks for things that are hard, I absolutely love to hear his voice.

I've been reading in Exodus about Moses going to the tent of meeting and talking to God as one converses with a friend. I used to long for that opportunity, while being blind to the opportunity to enter his presence in prayer whenever I wanted. Praise him for tearing the curtain in the holy of holies so that we can talk directly to God! I am amazed by this privilege and so grateful.