Genesis 12-25 - Hearing God

Genesis 12-25 - Hearing God

Abram put a ton of faith into a tiny message. Genesis traces about 100 years of his life - about age 70 to 175 (chapters 12-25). In that century God spoke audibly to him just 7 times (12.1,7 – 13.14 – 15.1 – 17.1 – 18 – 21.12 – 22.2,16). Sometimes it was “the Word of the Lord,” sometimes “a vision,” dreams, sometimes the voice of God, or through an angel. Does God give such extra-Biblical individual instruction today? Sometimes. We have an awesome, surprising, and wonderful God. I think it is especially possible for those who, like Abraham, have no written Word. Many unbelievers first meet God in dreams.  But for Christians, the more Bible you read the more God you will hear. All Abe heard would make a short chapter, but we have 66 books! It is hidden in most of our phones - I pray it is also hidden in our hearts.