That inner witness that all Christians have...the one that, sometimes without any words, comes as an impression or direction or conviction...
...it is a miracle.
The voice that reminds us to love our husband, to give a little extra tenderness to a friend, to respect authority...
...it is an other-worldly, incredible privilege that you, Christian, tend to treat as a commonplace thing.
...that inner witness that is grieved at selfishness, or disturbed by immodesty which always eventually becomes some form of immorality which New Covenant Gospel commands that we flee...that inner witness that twinges at gossip and disobedience...
...the voice of wisdom that used to cry out in the street, but now sounds more like the voice of our pastor or our mother...
...the ruminations of a renewing mind, that is all too slowly learning to comprehend what is the width and depth and height of the love of God...
...the conclusions of a sanctified thought life that decide that a God of all grace is a God worth knowing...
...and worth making known - which entails leadership, which entails the sacrifice - not of our money or our time as much as our preferences and personal freedoms and dearly held opinions and most cherished family relationships.
All these inner witnesses of all degrees and intensities, they are voiced and heard in the spirit of a Christian every day.
They are miraculous. They are what Christ died for us to have - our God, within! His voice, His ways, within!
Ignore them to your profound loss and harm. Hear God in your very midst...within...and you shall not be moved. A serene confidence leading to an incredibly rich lifestyle will be yours as a gift.
Today, if you hear His voice {and if you are His, you will} harden not your heart.
Grace and Peace,
Sheila Atchley
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Thank you for this.
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