You may think that is a whacky question. If you do, you are not alone. I tend to ask lots of questions when people start quoting what God has allegedly said to people. It’s just that in my experience people like using this phrase to justify something they really want to do anyway- but using God as the one who told them makes it a bit hard to argue with them. “God told me to get such and such a job“…  sounds very impressive. A lot of what we want guidance for in our individualistic, materialistic, selfish world, most people in our world have no choice in whatsoever.

But- hang on. How did God tell you? With an audible voice like humans? (Well I’m sure He can and has spoken like that, but there are lots of people who hear all sorts of voices for all sorts of reasons). It seems that even in the Bible the audible voice of God is reserved for BIG moments, you know like when he created the universe or said “Let there be light”, or when he announced Jesus as his own Son.

No. Audible voices from God are not to be taken as promised. They tend to be signs of something else happening in your brain at a chemical level. But how does God guide? With Dreams? By organising circumstances? By Writing on the wall? Through friend’s advice? In a clear sense of urgency? By visiting spiritual guides? Essentially God wants you to live in a way that acknowledges Him. But how?

This is a big topic. What makes it much bigger is just how wrong so much of what is said inside and outside the churches is. The next three weeks we will be tackling this issue and debunking false paths to guidance (and so making the path clear) on what God wants for you and for us.

Please feel very welcome to join us at church this Sunday 10 am and 6:30 pm