Finding God's Will

Today I was sitting in church and my dad was talking about finding God's will. He talked about John 17:3. It says that eternal life is to know God. It really got me thinking do I really know God. Is my relationship with my heavenly Father really that real? Is is just a one way street. I often wonder how you hear from God. If our relationship with Him is like any other relationship then shouldn't we be able to hear Him speak to us. I've really been learning lately that I need to just stop and be silent and listen to the Lord as much as I can.

I had a neat QT Thursday night after Bible study. I was just praying and asking God to speak to me. I heard Him so clearly, He said I'm right were He wants me to be right now. He told me to continue doing what I'm doing and that this is His will for me right now. It was good. I remember thinking to myself, "this is what peace is, I have peace in my heart right now". It was good to know that this is where God wants me right now.

It seems that God is really speaking to me or perhaps just showing more of how He works to me through His word. It's like every time I read my Bible it's a new sermon. I'm just ready to go out and preach or something. I've had a couple dreams the last few weeks in which I was preaching to crowds of young people. It has been interesting. I'm not sure what God is doing cause I don't really have any opportunity to preach right now. But maybe someday He'll open a door for me. I think I preach to my friends a lot. I mean I'm always sharing stuff with them about the Word and what God is showing or teaching me. It is really good for me I think to do that. I want to be an encouragement to those around me!

I guess the last thing I'll share is something interesting I read yesterday about Moses. In Exodus God told Moses that He was going to start testing the Israelites. I was like wow, I always think that hard times come from Satan or that I must have done something wrong. That is not true though. God specifically tested the Israelites and I think God is testing me right now. I don't know if God tests us all the time or if it's just something that happens sometimes. I guess the only way we know we've passed is if the test ends. I'm not really sure. So Lord help me through this time of testing and show me what you want me to know. Thank you.