On the 5th of September 2012, I had taken leave from work to run some errands and had visited a Salvation Army second hand outlet with Mike. Was browsing in the used books section and stumbled upon a copy of 'God Calling' by AJ Russell.
Purchased the book & Plumbing woes
I had vaguely read the synopsis and it seemed like a daily devotional book but something in the intro had interested me. The author had said that he hadn't really written the book. I understood it to be a book of messages from God to some others but having been edited by AJ Russell. Bought it for a few dollars. I then let the book sit in the paperbag for a couple of days as I'd been very busy. In fact, Mike & I had spent the whole weekend trying to fix broken plumbing! Aaaaarrrgh! (We give up - we're calling the plumber. Hope God blesses the situation this time and I won't get another nightmarish plumber from Elm Street).
Hearing God
When I finally started reading the first few pages of the book.......my excitement level just heightened. I haven't finished the book but I'm so excited that I JUST had to blog about this. If you've been following my blog, you would have known by now that I speak of 'hearing' God's promptings. I have 3 diaries in which I journaled His messages to me. It should have been more diaries already but I stopped journalling the past few months. So far, I feel His messages have been specifically for me and not for others. He's not told me to tell them to anyone else. Apart from the times I had received His promptings to specifically visit complete strangers at specific addresses, the times I was journalling, I feel that His messages were more to encourage me, to strengthen me, to edify me and totally in accordance to what the Bible teaches. I don't feel they were for the public but then, it never crossed my mind if they were actually.
Critics
Anyhow, you have two people writing down what they were hearing from God. My printed edition is 1953 and I think the events happened in the earlier part of the century (1930s maybe) so the people weren't really as bold as me today to declare them as messages from God (on a blog *slaps forehead*). I mean, even as I write this in 2012 (we're supposed to be so open and modern!), I KNOW for a fact there are people out there who still doubt me. Some of my own fellow Catholics probably think I don't have enough 'experience' to be experiencing this. I don't really care about that because God didn't ask me to do battle with my doubters. He asked me to believe and trust in Him and to obey Him. That's all I care about these days. Also, I think they should be more in awe of what God can do because since when does He do things according to their rules? He is not defined by what we think. It is we who have to be defined by what He thinks. Instead of sitting on holier-than-thou thrones, licking their own wounds for not hearing the way I do, I think they should be spending more time developing a real relationship with God. What? Is there a queue? The less experienced have to stand behind the more experienced in order to receive God's gifts? I think not. Not boasting here, just stating a fact. God can raise up a sinner on Earth if He chooses to do so. Who are we to judge God? If Christian leaders themselves cannot see this, than what are they really teaching? I'm going a bit off tangent here but this is my blog and I will say what I want to say. I feel so sad that some Christian leaders cannot see the awesomeness of God when they themselves preach it to others. Me thinks they get blindsided by personal envy and pride instead.
God's Speech Pattern
Back to the book. I am so excited because when I was journalling, I found His messages to be in a style that is really unique. Sometimes, it's a tad long-winded. Erm, since God already knows what is in my heart, I shall speak the truth. It is most times, long-winded prose. There's so much repetition! It's not entirely 'spoken' in old school English. Neither uptight nor casual. God definitely has a unique style of putting together words. I sometimes find it like how a Grandpa would nag at me.....heehee. When I journal, most times, my hand cannot keep up with the words spilling out of my mind or heart (I don't know). Sometimes, I shake my head because I cannot make sense of the way he 'speaks'. It's not grammatically wrong - please understand this. But it's not how I would write or speak. It's definitely repetitive and it's out of this world. It is difficul to define. Sometimes, it's like riddle after riddle and you're supposed to catch the concept of what He is saying by answering His thought provoking questions. Yet, it's not a silly riddle. It makes a lot of sense when you think about the questions. He asks alot of rhetorical questions, that's for sure. Wow, wow and wow.
So when I read the first few pages of the book, I was flabberghasted!!! The prose was exactly how I hear Him 'speak' to me!!! Totally unbelievable for me. Remember, I've been 'hearing' Him since mid 2009 and I've only purchased this book on 5 Sept 2012. I've ONLY started reading this book and the messages today, 10 Sept 2012. Wow. I'm speechless. I was so excited, I just had to blog about this.
Source and Fruit?
To those who still doubt me, well there's nothing I can do and nothing I wish to do except to pray that one day, you too will be able to hear what I hear. Is it the evil one speaking to me? Well, critics of the book God Calling believe so. They draw the conclusion that because for us to 'hear' God, we need to silence ourselves, that we're doing a form of Spiritism. I think calling it Holy Spiritism would be more apt. Calling upon the evil one? Oh yes, sure. The evil one helps to write a devotional book solely dedicated to bring glory to Jesus. Well, that's a new one. The evil one helps me hear God telling me to do good. Whatever messages I hear, it's always in line with the 'instructional objectives' of the Bible. It's in line with the teachings of Jesus, so there. Oh wait, it just dawned on me that maybe, my doubters may think I'm not hearing God and that I'm just making it all up. Well, jolly good. As if I have the time for that. I was told, they wanted to 'discern'. Well, I'm sorry, God when He gives me messages, did not tell me to go to so and so to get His messages verified. I mean, it was a conversation between Him and myself. I doubt they can verify it unless God uses 4 way calling or something. Utter excuses.
Go and think whatever you like. My aim is to please God, not you. I only blog about this so that some random person who stumbles upon my writings may benefit from what I've gone through, I can't wait to finish reading the book!
New Project
Oh yes, by the way, I'm probably in part 2 of my new 'project' which I believe is being blessed by God. Yippee for me!
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