After I wrote about
God's calling, many people have asked me, how does God call people. How does God communicate?
After a long ponder of how and whether I should respond, for many of those are not asking seriously, here is my response anyway.
Most commonly, I think, God's calling is comparable to an urge. In a similar manner as how migratory birds just
know that now is their time to leave, sometimes God's will builds up inside you as an intuitive feeling that one
must do something.
It is not the only way, though. At biblical times, God occasionally called up some people as prophets. Those prophets were ordinary people who were thoroughly dedicated to serving God for the greater good; they lived a quite different live than other ordinary people. And God used them; he put words in their mouths. Literally. They would open their mouth, and without a single plan, they would speak out words that come from the God. Often, they would be shocked of the words as they spoke them, because the contents were a surprise to them as well. Often, those were words that they rather not dare to speak ―
Jonah's case is a good example ― but they have to, for the obedience to God. Such speaking was not usually done casually ― it was after long fasting, etc., that it came. Prophets were usually needed when God's word needed to be delivered to many people, or to an entire nation, at once.
In today's world, prophets still exist ― they are even
more common than they were at biblical times. Those prophets usually work in a congregation, serving the congregation's needs ― even the needs of singular people. Sometimes God's word is received through those prophets. I have received such word as well. Sometimes, the intuitive feeling inside me confirms whether it is God's word or not. False prophets exist too.
I wrote this for the help of those who want to know. If you want to debunk these words, do so. I don't care; debating of the issue won't help me or anyone else. Post an X-Files I-want-to-believe poster if you want. Be a temple robber if you want. You will receive your reward.
