Which God Who Cannot Lie....

Did you ever notice that phrase in the Bible? It's in Titus 1:2 and I stumbled across it a few days ago while reading my Bible and preparing the children's lunch for school (talk about multi-tasking!). There it stood out all of a sudden, jumping off the page at me and I thought to myself, "Wow! God cannot lie, not God will not lie...but cannot; which means He is not able to lie and He doesn't have the capacity in Him to lie! The phrase 'cannot lie' there is interpreted from the Greek and means 'veracious'; the root English word being 'veracity' or 'truthfulness, accuracy'. Get a load of that! His word to you is always truthful and bang-on target.

Then I started to 'backthink', if God cannot lie, then whatever promise He gave me personally, He will bring to pass, it's that simple! I took a deep breath and began to understand why certain people 'rested' in the midst of spiritual warfare...they had a personal word from God who cannot lie and they knew for sure that it would definitely come to pass! They did not need fleeces, signs, or 'supporting words', they just waited on Him to bring the word to pass.

Now that's faith! What new revelation have you received or re-learned recently? Read the Word and let Him speak...

Different Ways God Speaks

I know there are some who believe God only speaks through His Word, but I'd like to share on some other ways He has spoken to me:

• Through trials and testings
• Through dreams
• In open eye visions
• Through symbols
• Through licence plates (yes, you read right!)

I'll share a recent experience on the last example. I was returning from my Wednesday evening cell group meeting, wondering how Paul was doing in a particularly trying situation he had encountered on his visit to Lagos, and I suddenly looked up at the car in front of me to see the licence plate was "PK is OK"! PK are my husband's initials so that was a direct 'all is well' from my Father to me. Isn't He truly a multi-faceted Father? And He cares about each and every one of us in a very personal way!

That was not the first time I had seen a message on a licence plate, and now I begin to wonder if it was specially 'crafted' for my eyes only...maybe someone else driving beside me that evening would've seen a 'real' number...who knows? His ways are past finding out.

This Christmas season and the new year 2007, expect God to show up on your behalf in 'normal' and supernatural ways, that's our covenant promise.