Isaiah 45:17 But Israel will be saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation; you will never be put to shame or disgraced, to ages everlasting.

So many times, we read in the bible how God has promised to look out for the Jews. No matter what they get up to, not matter what goes wrong, if they are willing to come back to Him, He will forgive them!

Jesus extended that promise to us – whomever calls on His name will be saved!

We just have to call on the name of Jesus to get Him to deliver our promise to us – a ‘forever promise!'

Nehemiah 1:11 Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favour in the presence of this man.

As we think about how we should know God is speaking to us, let us never forget we are the ones who must be willing to listen!

As long as we want something from God, we must be ready to listen for His instructions and be ready for them no matter what he asks of us!

It may sound easy to say, but when push comes to shove, God may ask you to do something outside of your comfort zone, something He knows is needed and you can do!

Listen to God and learn!

Deuteronomy 18:21 You may say to yourselves, ‘How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?’

This is one of the questions I come across most in discussions with people who are trying to find some sort of order or meaning in their lives…

We all like to have someone in our lives who is able to tell us what should or should not happen – because it makes our lives easier; we don’t have to make the difficult decisions!

God has already put the right people into our lives who have answers to our questions, but so many times we choose to continue ignoring those people and those directions.

Stop and listen to God!