More Thoughts from Yesterday

1 Thessalonians 5:21 AMP
21But test and prove all things [until you can recognize] what is good; [to that] hold fast.

1 John 4:1 AMP
1BELOVED, DO not put faith in every spirit, but prove (test) the spirits to discover whether they proceed from God; for many false prophets have gone forth into the world.

I didn't have a chance to look up these scriptures yesterday but I wanted to make sure to include them. I never wanted to do the hard work that it takes to find out what God wants to speak to you in a given situation. I always wanted someone to tell me. The only problem with that is first we need to look to Jesus for everything. Secondly, we never develop the spiritual ear to hear what God is speaking to us. The only ear we have is to listen to everyone around us. There are many great things we can learn from others and God does use others to teach us. But at the same time we must also be willing to do our homework to make sure what we are being taught is truly scriptural. It is difficult, but if we can develop our spiritual ears to hear, how much more will we know as God reveals Himself to us. You don't want to miss out on what God has for YOU! So let us all press in and do the homework of testing everything through scripture.