Do you need a Word from God?  Are you in a season of questions with no answers?  I am in that place right now.  I have decisions to make.  They require the direction from God so I don’t waste valuable time, energy or money.  Can you relate?

I read His Word.  I pray over it every time it comes to mind.  My ears are tuned and I’m eagerly waiting.  Is there something I’m missing?  Is there a key to this?

It’s funny how the scripture plays out.  Jeremiah 29:13 says “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”  Key number one then is that we must seek Him with all of our heart.  But what does that look like?

I read something today in scripture that I hope will give us help and clarity.  1 Samuel 3:1 says “And the child ministered unto the Lord before Eli.  And the Word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision.’

If you caught it there was a great clue in that verse.  It says that the word of the Lord was precious. There was no vision.  I pondered this because any Christian you ask would say the Word is precious but do they really mean it?  Here’s why I say that.  The Word had only become precious because they had no vision.  Heaven was silent.  Isn’t is true how precious His voice and Word become when you can’t hear anything?

This is our missing link, key number two.  If His beautiful Word was truly precious to us we would be reading it everyday.  We would be communing with our Father every chance we get. The definition of the word precious in this passage means: precious, rare, splendid, weighty, honored, costly, valuable…  You get the picture.  It gave the word picture of precious gem stones.

I submit when we truly value His Word enough to obey it we will hear from Him more often.  I can read it but if I don’t obey it I don’t value it.  This was the case in 1 Samuel.  Eli’s sons offered God “strange fire”.  This was disobedience to the Lords instructions.  No value.

Elvis Presley said, “Values are like fingerprints. Nobody’s are the same, but you leave ’em all over everything you do”.  You will do what you value.

If I don’t even read it then it doesn’t carry much weight.  I give my time to what I value most.  If I was continually asked for help or direction but the advice was never headed I’d quit giving it.  I, like God, wouldn’t speak either.

Our Father’s Words are more valuable than gold.  They’re more precious than gems.  Do we really value His voice?  Do you truly want to hear?  You are so valuable to Him.  He wants to speak to you.  He died for the chance.  If you seek Him He will be found.  Today let’s seek Him with all our heart.

By Jaime Luce