Challenges to Knowing and Hearing from God Conclusion

We are challenged to be devoted to God alone, looking to Him for encouragement, reward, recognition and motivation.

The Lord is both your Reward and your Rewarder. Though there will most likely be evidence of God’s work in your life, there is also the likelihood that no one else will ever know all the hard work, the time, attention and sacrifice it takes to know God. The Lord wants to not only encourage us now, but reward us now as well. These rewards may not be public or even in the natural, but if we are aware of the Lord’s values, we will recognize His abundant and fitting rewards. These are most often to be kept secret. This provides us with another reason not to judge others according to public recognition: that brother or sister you just cut in front of in traffic may be seated at the place of honor at the King’s Table.

The Lord may choose you to receive credit for something you didn’t take part in, or came in at the tail end of. Today we are reaping the great benefit of all who have gone before us, and likewise of having advantages of living in this day and age. Are we to snub the benefits that come from this opportunity, or simply embrace and appreciate it all the more because we know we are accepting the honor for all involved? If we know the Lord knows our part, and has chosen us, for whatever reason, to be on the receiving end of the blessings of this age, drawing attention to our own level of involvement does just that, draw attention to ourselves.

Confidence Overcomes Challenges

God is committed to your success in learning to depend on Him. Ask Him now to give you a fresh hunger for the things of the Spirit—the manifestation of His Personal Presence, to Hear His Voice, to move in His gifts. Trust that this desire could only come from Him, and that as you give Him the time and attention these things deserve, He will make Himself known to you.