"Where there is no vision, the people perish" (Prov. 19 :18).
In order to hear from God and see him move in your life, there is need to wait quietly upon him. Waiting upon God is necessary in order to see Him and to have a vision of Him. The time element in vision is essential.
Our hearts are like a sensitive photographer's plate; To take a good picture, you must focus the lens on the object, and in order to have God revealed there in our hearts, we must sit at His feet a long time. Psalm 46:10 says, "Be still, and know that I am God."
The troubled surface of a lake will not reflect an object. Our lives must be quiet and restful if we would see God. There is power in the sight of some things to affect one's life. A quiet sunset will bring peace to a troubled heart.
Thus the vision of God always transforms human life. Jacob saw God at Jabbok's ford, and became Israel. The vision of God transformed Gideon from a coward into a valiant soldier. The vision of Christ changed Thomas from a doubting follower into a loyal, devout disciple, and when you see Christ, your life shall never remain the same.
But men have had visions of God since Bible times. William Carey saw God, and left his shoemaker's bench and went to India. David Livingstone saw God, and left all to follow Him through the jungles of dark Africa. Scores and hundreds have had visions of God, and are today in the uttermost parts of the earth working for the speedy evangelization of the heathen.
--Dr. Pardington
--Dr. Pardington
There is hardly ever a complete silence in the soul. God is whispering to us well-nigh incessantly. Whenever the sounds of the world die out in the soul, or sink low, then we hear the whispering of God. He is always whispering to us, only we do not hear, because of the noise, hurry, and distraction which life causes as it rushes on.
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