Want a Revelation of God?

In 1 Samuel 3:21 we are told, "And the LORD appeared again at Shiloh, for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of the LORD."

This was at the beginning of the prophet Samuel's ministry, while he was still a young boy serving in the tabernacle under the compromising Eli. God spoke to him, apparently sometimes verbally. The Lord spoke to Samuel and then Samuel spoke to others on His behalf. People knew that God had raised up a prophet among them because Samuel's "words from the Lord" came true (v.19).

However, the point I want to call attention to is that the way the LORD revealed Himself to Samuel was by His "word." He spoke to him personally, directly, and in detail.

God STILL speaks to His servants, His children, personally, directly, and in detail. It is not primarily VERBAL words that He uses in our day (though we won't argue that this is impossible. Rather I will say that if God chooses to speak to someone verbally, it will be words that are in total agreement with the written Word, that add no new revelation, and that glorify Christ). God speaks to us in our day through His written Word. He REVEALS Himself to us in our day through His written Word.

Where do you learn that our God is the triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? Where do you find that our God "keeps covenant and steadfast love" (Deuteronomy 7:9)? Where else do you learn that God is a holy God who declares rebellious sinners "not guilty" through the sufficient substitutionary sacrifice of His Son? How can you know that God loves YOU and has a place prepared for you in His eternal presence? Where can you hear God tell you that His mission in this world is YOUR mission in this world and that it involves the search and rescue of Satan-held sinners into the Kingdom of Christ? Where can you find God's will for who you should marry? ALL, and ONLY ALL these revelations from God come via His written, finished, inerrant, sufficient WORD!

My point is that if you are really hungry for a deeper, fresh revelation of God from God...your need is not to find the next conference with "anointed prophets" or the latest spin-master's best-selling How-to book, or to fast your way into a "higher-life" experience...your need and my need is to go to the book, GOD'S BOOK, the Bible. Open it in faith, depending on God the Spirit who inspired its writing, and begin with hungry heart to read. In these never-changing words God's speaks, He REVEALS Himself. He WILL reveal Himself to you: personally, directly, and in detail.

Ask Him to: "Open my eyes that I may behold wonderful things from Your law" Psalm 119:18.

"Lord, may we seek fresh revelations of You in the place where you have promised it...Your glorious Word."