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I am bold about my faith in God because of what He has done for my soul. I was physically dead but He brought me back to life. I was suicidally depressed, addicted to prescription drugs and alcohol, and He miraculously healed me from all of those. I was a selfish stupid person chasing after meaningless vanities. He gave my life meaning and filled my heart with love and joy. I cried out to Him from the deep dark pit I had dug for myself and He rescued me. I praise Him because He has given me a new soul. I praise Him because “He has given attention to the sound of my prayer. Blessed be God who has not turned away my prayer nor His favor from me.” (v.19-20)

So many things Jesus said and did, He knew the disciples would not readily understand. But He also knew these were the men who would write much of the New Testament. These men would be tasked with explaining Jesus to the rest of the world and all coming generations. (What a huge task!) Much of what Jesus did and said was Him consciously laying a foundation of signs and symbols that the disciples could pull from as they later pieced it all together. He knew the Holy Spirit would be helping them make sense of it all after He had physically left them.

In one way, I envy those who got to physically interact with Jesus while He walked the earth, during that short time that “the light” was among us. But I am so grateful to have the New Testament Scriptures and the Holy Spirit’s help to put all of this into proper perspective. Jesus’ contemporaries had neither of those aids. And they were understandably clueless.

Jesus knew all along who Judas was, that he was stealing, and that he would betray Him. But He selected Judas as a disciple anyway, and let him into the inner circle of the 12. God sometimes allows evil into our inner circles. He sometimes uses the enemy to accomplish His purposes. Satan is the temporary ruler of this world. But have no doubt, GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!

My own visions from God began in August 2019. Since then I’ve experienced 3 or 4 visions every week in which my soul is transported to heaven and I pray for the world with all the saints. I am not the only one who has begun receiving visions, dreams, and prophecies. There are thousands upon thousands of us all over the world. And the message we are all getting is strikingly singular. God is doing a new thing. He is revealing Himself in a new way and calling people to Himself.

Do you want to hear God’s voice? Do you want to experience a richer spiritual life? Then YOU have to set aside time to spend with God. God isn’t going to just forcefully insert Himself into your life while you have your face glued to your phone or tv and blast you with a vision. YOU have to intentionally shut off all the noise, unplug from all the distractions, and consciously, purposefully seek God. If you will do that regularly, He WILL reveal Himself to you, somehow, some way. I promise you, He WILL.

Unplugging our souls from all the destructive distractions of this world to “wait in silence for God” must be intentional. It will never just happen by accident… the world will make sure of that. And God’s not going to MAKE you do it. We have to purposefully plan to make the time to meet with God regularly. We have to hold that time and guard it because everything in our busy lives will get in the way. But if we do this, set aside time for God, “wait in silence” for Him, He WILL meet us. He WILL give us “hope” and “strength” and “refuge.” We truly can “trust in Him at all times” and “pour out [our] hearts before Him” because “God is a refuge for us.”

When I was 30 years old I died, my spirit floated above my dead body, but God brought me back to life! I also encountered Jesus and I will never be the same. That is why I am completely unfazed by the mockers who think I am stupid for believing in Jesus. I have personally experienced God’s healing power. I can also say to the scoffers, “Well, here is the amazing thing, that you do not know where He is from; and yet He opened my eyes!” (v.30)

David had confidence that God heard him. He held that key of belief in his heart. He had the “inheritance of those who fear Your name.” (v.5) It’s kind of like a club… being a believer… enjoying a relationship with the God of the universe. But it’s not exclusive; membership is offered free to ALL who want to join!

The true meaning of Jesus’ words might get a bit lost in translation for US. But His Jewish audience would have understood exactly what He meant. Jesus was claiming to be GOD. He also laid out the way to salvation when He said, “…unless you believe that I am, you will die in your sins.” (v.24)