Following the spirit means that there are no “for-sures.” Many times what we think is God can never really be confirmed or understood. But we know that if we don’t do it, it just doesn’t seem right.

Some people want to be so certain that something is God before they obey it. But most of the time they are simply fighting their flesh. They have taken their own viewpoints or the viewpoints of others and started going backwards away from the still small voice that caused them to question their circumstance in the first place.

People really amuse me. Instead of spending so much time wondering if something is God, if you even think it is-do it. I would much rather do something out of respect to God and find out I made a mistake than disobey his voice and find out that I REALLY made a mistake.

My reverence for God causes me to continually seek to follow him. Throughout the day I pray at work asking him how to handle the difficult personalities at my work. I don’t question when he tells me to apologize, pray for someone, or simply smile at them. I know God’s heart and I know that his desire is to prosper me in every area. Therefore, I trust him with my entire life. When things are rough, I know that him more than anyone has my best interest at heart. I also know that since I am his sheep that I do recognize his voice. I also realize it is up to me to have the courage to follow it.

And learning to have the courage to follow his voice can be really difficult. If you are asking him to speak to you, to lead you, chances are he already is. Chances are you already know in your heart what is right. Chances are he is waiting on you to follow him, he is not waiting to speak because he already has.

Being led by his still small voice is scary. Many times he speaks with wisdom that carries on for decades, past anything that we could ever imagine. He knows every detail of our lives and the lives of those that are intertwined with ours. Because he speaks with knowledge far beyond the years we are at, it many times does not make sense to follow him. But I would say that if you have to take a risk at anything in life, take a risk to follow him wholeheartedly even when it does not make sense.