My Sunday school class burst into laughter when I shared that God speaks to me in the shower! You may find that funny, too, but God has always spoken to His people in strange forms and places. For example, He spoke to Moses from a burning bush didn’t He? And lets not forget the time he spoke through a donkey either. Don’t misunderstand me. I’m not saying that God spoke to me through the shower, but rather He speaks to my heart in the shower.
God’s Word tells us to “Be still and know that I am God.” It’s in those quiet still moments that we can hear God’s voice. But let’s face it. As a mother of three, when is there a quiet moment in my life? Hardly ever!
Are you like me? We are faced with a situation so we take it God in prayer. We trust that He cares for us, that God hears our prayers and will answer. The truth is He does care, hear, and answer our prayers. Life is sometimes just too loud to hear Him.
I must confess. With my busy life, it’s hard to sit quietly long enough to hear God speak. I pray, read my bible, and write down anything that speaks to my heart right away. Rarely do I have the time to sit and simply know He is God. Oh, but when I do…I find myself heart broken that I’ve allowed myself to miss out on such a holy moment with God. “How can I forget how precious it is just to sit in His presence?” I often ask myself. The truth is I do forget. Mainly it’s because I have to move on to the next thing on my to do list for the day. I feel too rushed to sit still. Wasn’t there was a song a while back that called those kind of prayers Token Prayers? Whatever it’s called, I’m only cheating myslef.
I like what Henry Blackby says, “When you read your bible and pray, that is the encounter with God you’re looking for. The thing that happens next, is His answer.”
Are we so busy that we miss God desperately trying to communicate with us? All the time He’s trying to speak, we’re waiting and wondering why He hasn’t as we drive through MacDonald’s on the way to baseball practice. We can even get discouraged and begin believing our feelings over truth…God must not care or He would have answered me by now. May I remind us both today that our feelings are not always reliable, but God’s Word is.
So, in the quiet of the shower is the only place where I’m still enough and the noise is blocked long enough to hear God speak to me. While that’s a funny place to have a conversation with Almighty God, I’m so thankful that His desire to speak to me is so high on His list that He’ll even meet me there.
I’ve learned to keep paper and a pen in my bathroom. Dripping wet, I often spring from the shower to capture on paper His wise counsel for my life. In those moments, that He draws me into His sweet presence, causes me to stop and be still for a few moments and soak it in. That is until I hear, “Mom! The green beans are spilling over the top of the pan!” I rush out of His presence into the hustle and bustle of life once more. But in my heart, I know God is there, too.
What are some strange places that God speaks to you?
Digging for Pearls says
I laughed as I read this because I just wrote in a blog this week how God speaks to me in just ordinary circumstances. The other day it was through the words of a song. Each time it is different. The big thing is that I need to quiet my heart and be earnestly seeking a word from God. Thanks for this post!
Angela @ Refresh My Soul Blog says
ha ha! Good one. I guess a strange place is while in worship. For some reason God speaks to me while I am singing worship songs from my heart in church. I then have to scribble stuff down too. Maybe that is why I want worship to linger. It seems to end way too soon.
Much love,
ANgela
BTW-the shower is funny and He speaks to me there too! 🙂
diane p. says
Isn’t it interesting that God will pause with us? He’ll wait until we’ve the time to listen, then sneak us a tidbit or a full lesson on the riding lawn mower or in front of a sink full of dishes.
It’s like letting us lick the spoon to show us how yummy the cookies will be; he waits for us to pour a glass of milk and really sit down to enjoy them. Once He’s got my attention, then God fills in the details – when i give up the time.
God doesn’t only work in mysterious ways, God speaks in mysterious ways, too.
ocean mommy says
The car. I too jot down what I hear Him say, of course I have to wait for a red light. 🙂
Heather says
I too am the mother of 3 and I too hear God in the shower…so no, I don’t think you are too far out there!I have thought it rather apropos since I am not only naked in His presence (figuratively and literally) but that the water raining down is like the cleansing water of baptism, providing me with a fresh start to the new day! Thank you for blessing us with these words and reminding us that if we can look out beyond the swirling spiral that can be caused by everyday chaos or us being so self-centered and reach out to the gifts God has for us beyond that spiral, that we will not be disappointed, but richly blessed!