Vital Signs: Friday, April 11, 2025

When You Hear God Speak, Obey Him

“But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.” - James 1:25 (NLT)

According to Ephesians 5:1, as children of our God, we ought to imitate Him. The highest form of worship is imitation. As children of God, we ought to desire to be like Him—as we were created to be.

A son or daughter can never be the mirror image of their parent; in fact, they weren’t made to be exactly the same. They are individually unique, and their giftedness is needed as such. But they can become like them.

In the same way, we were not created to be God, but to become like Him.

Listen to this powerful truth: “If you are unable to hear God’s voice right now, ask yourself if you have obeyed the last word God gave you. Obey the last message God gave you, and He will start speaking to you again.”

God speaks in a way that you can hear Him. Be encouraged.

Trying to limit a limitless God is futile. God can speak to whomever and however He desires at any moment.

Our job as children of God and followers of Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, is not to explain God into a box. Ours is to know Him, to talk with Him, to listen to Him, and to obey Him.