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Originally Posted by countmeworthy
What a rivetting testimony !
Surely El Shaddai wanted your undivided attention and was warning you of impeding danger ! You belonged to HIM now and yet you were treading in dangerous territory, the enemy's camp where you could have easily been devoured by the master deceiver, the thief who was not only trying to snatch you out of the Father's hand, but was out to steal kill and destroy you and your testimony.
It's also possible, you think that your friend was not a good influence on you & God pushed him back w/the message "HEY! Leave my son alone! He's MINE !"
The Scriptures are filled w/countless accounts of God speaking or sending messages through Thunder and Lightning.
Go to Biblegateway.com and key in thunder and/or lightning. It will link you to all the scriptures pertaining to Thunder and Lightning.
From what I have read in the scriptures, Thunder and lightning is ALWAYS from God...not the enemy. There is even lightning and thunder in heaven ! Here are 2 scriptures for you:
Isaiah 29:6 says
you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts
with thunder and with earthquake and great noise,
with Whirlwind and Storm and the flame of a devouring fire.
Revelation 4:5
And out of the Throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the Throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
P.S.S. on a side note, regarding the Seven Spirits of God, there are a few interpretations to what they are:
1) the 7 Spirits are symbolic of the Perfect and Complete Holy Spirit
2) angelic beings, Seraphim and Cherubim
3) Isaiah 11:2 describes 7 attributes of the Holy Spirit:
(1) Spirit of the LORD,
(2) Spirit of wisdom,
(3) Spirit of understanding,
(4) Spirit of counsel,
(5) Spirit of power,
( 6) Spirit of knowledge,
(7) Spirit of the fear of the Lord.
From http://www.gotquestions.org/seven-spirits-God.html
Great Post STG ! Thanks for sharing !
Carol |
No, thank you for sharing your insights! This is a very good witness to me. And why would the enemy want to warn me? He would be completely happy to let me stumble into his snare, without any warning whatsoever!
As I think I stated in the testimony, those were absolutely the loudest things I have heard before or since, and each blast was progressively a little louder than the first. Also interesting is that there were three of them, don't you think? I have often thought of Peter and the rooster crowing three times, because that is really what it was like. Each time I denied Him, thinking there was something to be gained by it. What a bitter realization!
And I certainly have had similar thoughts regarding my friend being shoved away. He certainly represent my old life. It is interesting that he was the one that had the idea to go to California. However, in in St. Louis (we started from NE Ohio) he turned back as he was homesick. I picked up a ride (hitchhiking was big back then) soon after that, which took me all the way to Berkeley. After getting several divinely influenced directions to the nearest restroom (as I really had to go badly), I wound-up at the meeting place for the church in Berkeley. I quickly realized God had been totally faithful to me, in that I had prayed this earnest prayer, "God, you have to take me to a place where others love you the way I do." He took me 2,500 miles across the US in about 10 days, to place me with seeking ones in Berkeley. This still amazes me (and why He did it like He did), and I am often aware that He is still fulfilling that prayer of mine today!
Thanks again!