I just heard an interesting conversation on K-LOVE (Christian) radio station this morning. It started with Adam Muema who left the NFL Combine because God told him to in a dream and that if he did he'd be drafted by Seattle. Well, you know that peaked my interest!
The DJs then went on to compare the situation to Joseph. Apparently Adam is catching a lot of flack for publicly speaking about his decision. (Google him and read the comments - they do seem rather mean and intolerant of religion.) But, a similar thing happened to Joseph of the Bible. God told him he would be a ruler and when Joseph told his brothers, they got jealous and threw him into a well. They were going to leave him for dead but instead they got greedy too and sold him into slavery. Then they told their dad he had died. As the story turns out though, Joseph did come to rule over them.
So the debate was on - if God tells you something, should you speak it out loud, or is it supposed to be between you and God? And, perhaps more important, whether you talk about it or not is probably irrelevant because if God said it will happen, then it will happen - one way or another.
It has crossed my mind more than once since starting this blog, what if I faithfully make a weekly post for the next 3 years, 4 1/2 months and 7/12/17 comes along and nothing happens? But, I think as humans, even back when Joseph was a human, if GOD talks to you - it's big. It is in our nature to talk about it. Heck, pick your favorite pop-star or actor. If they spoke to you - wouldn't you tell everyone about it. If Hugh Grant or Billy Joel or Sting called me up - I'd be telling everyone about it. So how much more are we eager to tell people when GOD talks to us? Because He is even bigger than anyone on earth! (Whole other discussion about we are all children of God, all equal in His eyes so Hugh Grant is no more of a wow than the lady in the grocery story check out line talking to me.)
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