Hearing from God Each Morning (July 9)

This blog is about today's devotion in the book Hearing from God Each Morning by Joyce Meyer.

Today's devotion is about being willing to mature in Christ and in that relationship with Him. When we grow in maturity in God, we are more in tune with His will, and we will follow where He leads us.

Not long ago, I had put God in a box of what I expected God to be like. I thought, "God will only do this, or speak like this, or heal this." But the thing is, God is not limited by what we think of Him. When I took my trip to Ohio, I really learned that you can't limit your view of God, because God has no limit to what He can--and will--do.

When we grow in our relationship with Him, we will learn more about Him, and we will be able to discern what is His voice and what is not His voice. Just yesterday I was talking to a friend and he said, "I keep praying and praying and I don't know why God won't answer me on something this important." I felt sad because I've been there. The thing is, God is answering and we just need to listen for Him. Sometimes the answer is "no," sometimes it is "slow," and other times it is "go." As we grow in Christ, we will get better at hearing those answers--and acting upon them!