The Myth of Fleece Guidance | Spiritual Formation with Brian Delamont (Episode 202)
Have you ever found yourself laying out a fleece like Gideon, hoping God will make the way clear? Brian Delamont returns to the podcast for a thoughtful conversation about how God speaks to us and how we can posture ourselves to listen.
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- Judges 6
- “The problem isn’t with God, it’s that we’re not listening to what He has already told us, and we’re asking Him the wrong questions because of that.”
- Psalm 89:46-51
- Prayer by Tim Keller
- Isaiah 30:21
- “I think everyone longs for this – for God to just tell us.”
- “My heart has to want to listen to God. There is a waiting posture. And then, my heart also has to have the courage to respond to what I hear, even if what I hear is not what I wanted to hear.”
- Divine Direction by Craig Groeschel
- Luke 22:42
- “One of the most powerful ways that God speaks to us is when we listen together.”
- Acts 13:1-3
- “Sometimes there are seasons where He is silent.”
- “The challenge is not that we miss His direction or miss His voice or miss His guidance, but oftentimes the challenge is that I’m not ready for what He wants to say to me as the answer or as the challenge to that prayer or question.”
- “God loves us too much to leave us the way that we are right now. He wants to change us to be more and more like Him.”
- Psalm 23
- “The desert has a purpose.”
- “When I come to God, I come to the One who knows me better than anybody else.”
December Reflection: What am I genuinely anticipating when I engage in conversation with God?
What’s changing our lives:
- Keane: Taking little adventures and outings
- Heather: Advent music with the Worship Initiative, praying for the unreached with The Name of Jesus devotional by David Platt, and burning a numbered candle
- Brian: Rewatching The Chosen TV series
Weekly Spotlight: Ukarumpa International School
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