WHEN GOD NO LONGER SPEAKS

WHEN GOD No LONGER SPEAKS
by David Wilkerson

Isaiah faithfully prophesied to Israel that the "ears of them that hear"
would one day be opened. But, sadly, his listeners had shut their
ears to God's voice. They wanted to hold on to their sins!

"When I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear;
but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I
delighted not. Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my
servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants
shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall
rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed. Behold, my servants shall sing
for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl
for vexation of spirit" (Isaiah 65:12-14).

How tragic it is to refuse to hear the loving warnings of the Holy
Spirit. Whenever we shut our ears to God's command to mortify
the sins of our flesh, we are doomed to experience every kind of
sorrow and pain.

Please understand, I'm not talking about a servant of God who is
overtaken by a sin he hates. Nor am I referring to the believer who
won't allow himself any rest until the Holy Ghost sets him free.
Rather, I'm talking about the believer who has learned to love his
sin, who has laid his head in the lap of a Delilah. Such a person
has a calloused conscience.

The servant who continues his sinful ways will hear voices but
none of them will be God's. Instead, that person will be given over
to delusion: "I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their
fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when
I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes,
and chose that in which I delighted not" (Isaiah 66:4).

What an awful thing it is when God no longer speaks! But how
encouraging to know that the Holy Spirit will lovingly caution us
and keep us from sin.

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