What does being led by God feel like?

[Figure of eighty]

How do i get God to lead me? Ive never felt this before..

[Not me]

3 minutes ago, Figure of eighty said:

How do i get God to lead me? Ive never felt this before..

Hi;

If your a Christian you have, you just don’t recognize it. For all Christians have and are.

scripture says;

Colossians 3:15 (NASB)
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.

That word rule can also be translated as “arbitrate”. So it can be translated “Let the Peace of Christ arbitrate in your heart”

In other words, if something causes you to lose your peace and joy, do something else that doesn’t cost you your peace and joy. Doesn’t matter what it is, do something else. 

For all Christians do listen and are listening to the peace of Christ in their hearts whether they realize it or not. For it is how God leads. Whether they are reading scripture and something jumps out at them and their heart rejoices at the new found light. Or if they are doing such and such and start to get convicted, they lose the peace they have before God and by it know that something is wrong somewhere. 

Hope this helps. Take it to God and ask for a confirmation and see what He says. 

Blessings as you search into Him with all your heart.

Much love in Christ, Not me    

[Spock]

27 minutes ago, Figure of eighty said:

How do i get God to lead me? Ive never felt this before..

Basically, I read, ponder, and try to apply His written word into my daily life....through words and deeds primarily.  

His Holy Spirit also I believe put thoughts into my mind for me to act upon, that must line up with a His word. If it doesn’t line up, it might not be from Him.  

[Pekoudah]

It feels...miraculous.

Edited July 3, 2019 by Pekoudah

[simplejeff]

46 minutes ago, Figure of eighty said:

How do i get God to lead me? Ive never felt this before..

Ask (and seek) the Father,  Who gives to all men generously and without reproach,  and don't be double-minded.

Jesus says the Father GLADLY WITH GREAT PLEASURE

REVEALS SALVATION to little children,   (and hides it from the educated ones!) ......

And Jesus says trust and rely on the Father to accomplish your salvation,  do not rely on anyone else, not even yourself.

An uncountable number of poster/ people on earth are and have been deceived by feelings, emotions, and other things that they were 'convinced' were God leading them or being with them,  but it was the enemy and unbelievers who convinced them,  not God.

Many trusted such frauds as m.t. in the rcc   and b.g. in the usa,   and were led astray all the rest of their lives,  if not rescued by someone in truth in Jesus. 

So even very popular followings can be  ,  and almost always are,   on the road to destruction, not the narrow painful road to life (in JESUS!) ...

[Jostler]

43 minutes ago, Figure of eighty said:

How do i get God to lead me? Ive never felt this before..

You've already begun to engage the trek to daily discerning His will and guidance.  It begins with the Words of God, understanding those written Words (logos), reveal THE Word (rhema) to us and how to enter a RELATIONSHIP with Him.

As we believe  the  Words, we pray and learn to "connect" consciously  with Him in a dynamic, living growing  relationship with the  King.   We begin to hear His still small  voice in our reborn spirits now "one" with  His  Spirit:

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1Co 6:17

But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.

Our spiritual eyes get keener, our ears sharper, and we begin to discern more and more clearly  what the Word is saying to  us TODAY.   His indwelling Spirit is our Teacher, explaining His written Words to us, how they apply to us TODAY...in our personal needs and decision making.

He has many ways to communicate.  For me, I "hear" Him via His written Words more than any other way.  But He gives visual instruction as well, dreams, visions and such.  He will guide through "peace"....through circumstances....opening doors He wants us to walk into opportunities through and closing others that do not serve His plan for our lives. 

He begins  to lead us into spiritual "disciplines" that serve to subdue the  old nature, prayer, reading, fasting.  And we grow.  The relationship is paramount to discerning  His  leading.  It is a process of growth you have well and truly begun.  Cling to Him in all things and He will continue to develop eyes that see and ears that hear  in you.  Be a "doer" of what He reveals, not a hearer only as best you are able, repent and ask forgiveness when you realized you've failed in any  point.  Trust Him to INSTANTLY forgive and cleanse when you seek forgiveness for any  trespass. 

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1Jo 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

 

When you stumble BELIEVE Him!  Confess, repent and GET UP.....BE CLEAN.  It is His power that cleanses us from every stain our trespasses try  to place on us.   It takes ten seconds to recover from a stumble.  What  God has called clean, let no man (especially yourself) call unclean.  Don't wallow in shame...that is pride and self-righteousness at work in us.

You will stumble less and less as He works in you  to transform your mind, will and emotions into His image. 

And you will grow and mature.....into:

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Heb 5:12-14

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food.  For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant.  But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.

There is NOTHING wrong with  being and infant.  We all begin  in that place in Him.  There is a LOT wrong with being and infant at 30 years old!  Remember like a Good Father, He delights in  our  PROCESS of growing  into all He is calling us to be...mature sons and daughters  leaving  behind the needs and wants of  helpless infancy  as we grow into the ability to be about the Father's business with  Him.

He  HAS begun a good work in you and HE WILL FINISH IT.

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Phl 1:6

being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;

It's not about  who we are, where we've been, our abilities (none of those  impress He  who created worlds).  It's not about our  gifts and talents and not even about  our sin.  He dealt with that if we will just believe and trust  and DO what  He  says  about sin. 

It's about  Who HE is, and what HE has FINISHED.   GLORY! 

Engage His process....He  delights in you....and He will finish His work in you (and all of us).  amen

[AnOrangeCat]

Sometimes it can be pretty subtle and you don't feel a thing, other than maybe impressed and thankful after you realize God had a hand on you. I firmly believe that all those coincidences great and small that keep us out of trouble are being led by God. If you check out I Kings 19:11-13 you find an instance of Elijah seeking God. He witnessed a lot of severe weather, fire, and so on but God wasn't in any of that. When he finally did hear from God it was in the form of a still, small voice.

[Neighbor]

1 hour ago, Figure of eighty said:

How do i get God to lead me? Ive never felt this before..

It can be most uncomfortable! Don't expect bubble baths and lavender. Might not even know of it until after the fact. It might be seen only in the rear view mirror towards the end  of a long journey.

One of my own calls received came in the form of a telephone call telling me a family member had died. Happened the same day  business owners told me I was to be the new manager a position I had worked so very hard to gain. I had to say, sorry I am up and leaving to tend to family needs 2800 miles away. It took me almost seven years to see in the rear view mirror of my life's travels that  I had been called to go, and later after all that, I was called to return back where I had been with actual visions and dreams and almost depressions that dibilitated me, and that managers position. But it all worked out and in that same rear view mirror  I now see the why of it all.

So careful what you think you desire, for the real calling  can become a very different and most wild ride.

[JLB]

15 hours ago, Figure of eighty said:

How do i get God to lead me? Ive never felt this before..

 

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, Romans 8:12-16

 

• but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

 

To be led by the Spirit of God refers to living our lives according to the righteous Life of Christ that dwells within spirit, rather than being led by the sinful and lustful desires of our flesh.  

 

The key to this is having your mind set on godly things and to invest our time being filled with the Spirit, and God’s word. 

 

Its a choice. 

 

 

JLB 

[Blood Bought 1953]

16 hours ago, Figure of eighty said:

How do i get God to lead me? Ive never felt this before..

 

Just ask Him.....then trust Him.... ( I strongly suspect that He already is andcyou just don’t see it yet)