Nobody succeeds without guidance no matter how beautiful the person’s vision is. Vision is ‘what to do’ and divine guidance is ‘how to do it’. Vision will be frustrated without divine guidance. There is graduation from the school of divine guidance. No matter how you’ve reached in the actualization of your vision, you need divine guidance. In fact, the higher you climb, the more you need it.
How to access divine guidance
- Salvation: you must be born again to receive divine guidance. God only speaks to His own (John 10:16)
- Fear of God: you can only access God’s direction if you fear God (Psalms 25:14)
- Meekness: God resists the proud. He will only direct the person who is meek (Psalms 25:9)
Instruments of divine guidance
- The written word: the easiest access to divine guidance is God’s word. For everything you desire to do in life (marriage, financial prosperity, etc.), there are already laid down guidelines in God’s word. If you neglect God’s word then you have neglected progress.
Examples of divine guidance from God’s word:
Health – Romans 8:11, Isaiah 53:5, 3 John 1:2
Giving – Proverbs 11:24
Spiritual fatherhood – Hebrews 7:7
Business – Proverbs 22:29
Purity – Psalms 119:9, Romans 6:14
- Through the voice of the Spirit: God speaks to us. It is not His will that we fall into error. Note that God does not speak through dreams except you have neglected His voice so much. Be sensitive enough to know when God is speaking to you and be faithful enough to obey promptly (Isaiah 42:18)
Note that God can also speak to you through your spiritual father and once you heed to his advice you will make progress (Isaiah 30:20-21)
Prayer line: O lord, give me eyes that see and ears that hear in Jesus name. Amen!