A preoccupation of
some Christians is wanting to hear God speak to them. They want
answers to their prayers, advice on what to do, and evidence that God
is listening. A concomitant problem is wondering whether other people
are more in touch with God then they are.
Nathan’s book is a
must read if you’re concerned about your ability to communicate
with God. The main point is that communication is a two way street.
God speaks, but it we don’t know how to listen we miss the help and
support he is trying to give us. The author makes this point clearly
in the first chapter when he discusses how he had to learn to
decipher what his wife was saying. Even when people speak directly to
each other, they may not have the same understanding of words.
The book contains
stories and examples of people’s hunger for communication and
examples from the Bible and other sources of how God communicates.
However, my favorite sections discuss the various ways we can learn
to listen to God. These include nature, dreams, and things that
happen in life that we don’t recognize as direct communication, but
affect the direction our life is taking.
This is a very
readable book. The author speaks directly to the reader as a friend
might. There are no long dissertations about philosophy or theology.
This is a book designed to teach the reader in a friendly way how to
recognize God’s communication.
I received this book
from Waterbrook Multnomah for this review.
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