I would offer this answer: We can create an atmosphere of blessing for ourselves that makes it easier for God to send blessings our way. You might visualize this as a, “blessing bubble”, that surrounds us wherever we go. Here’s what Peter says about it: “Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t retaliate when people say unkind things about you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God wants you to do, and he will bless you for it. 1 Peter 3:9”

By blessing others, being nice to EVERYBODY, and even going about looking for ways to bless people, God will see you as someone who is in the place to receive a blessing of your own. Look at it this way; if you’ve got two kids and one of them is a stinker and the other does everything right….come on now…your tendancy will be to give the “good” kid what he asks for. You love both of them the same because they’re your children but….isn’t that the way it is? I think God’s the same way. So, go about doing good and see if blessings don’t start showing up around you, in your “bubble”.

Let’s say you work for a hard boss; someone who’s unreasonable, orders you around and takes advantage of you as a worker. Well, you get fed up with it and God releases you to quit and get another job. So you do. Then this old boss of yours comes to your new job and starts telling you what to do and ordering you around just like he did before. Well now you can tell him, “Hey, look here buddy. I don’t have to do what you say, I don’t work for you anymore! Hit the road, Jack!”

That’s just the way the old devil, our former boss, tries to do us. When we get saved, we move over to a new life, old things are passed away and all things become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17. We’ve got a new boss! But the old boss, (the devil), still comes around and tries to trick us into doing what he says. And why in the world we do it, I don’t know, but sometimes we listen to that rascal!

But listen here….if you’re saved, Jesus is your boss and you don’t have to do anything the old boss says no matter how he lies and makes it sound good. Tell him to, “…hit the road, Jack!” And if he gives you any trouble, pull out your sword of the Spirit, (which is the Word), and jab him with it. He’ll leave.

I sense that people who think, (and I mean they think), they haven’t heard from God either can’t tell when He speaks or are not listening. As I’ve mentioned, God usually speaks….now wait a minute, let me explain. I’ve never heard the actual voice of God. When I say He speaks, I mean I get an unmistakable impression or vision or thought inside me that is related to what I’m doing or thinking. And, it usually happens when I’m praying, listening to teaching tapes, or music, all of which I do while driving which is where I got the title of this blog.

OK, back to what I was saying; God usually speaks to me during times when I’m alone with Him, when it’s quiet and I have no distractions around me. I can’t recall that God has tried to holler at me at a ball game or tried to get my attention while I was watching TV or something. He doesn’t do it that way. “And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still, small voice.” 1 Kings 19:12

I think God is speaking to us all the time but most of the time we can’t hear Him because the “noise” of our lives is all around us. We have to be quiet, in a quiet place to hear from God. Otherwise, we miss that, “still, small voice”.

Try it. Get in a quiet place, sit down or kneel down and ask God to speak to you. Say something like, “Here I am Father, I love you. What do you want to tell me?” Then, be quiet and listen! It will be uncomfortable trying to be quiet. Don’t ask again, just be quiet and listen for as long as it takes. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. Now, you may be convicted to repent and ask forgiveness but, if so, that’s what God is telling you to do first. He’s speaking…are we listening?

I asked God about this and He reminded me of Lazarus. He received from Jesus and he was dead! How was this possible? Well, I went to John 11 to find the answer and found two reasons. Lazarus was a friend of Jesus. “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.” John 11:11. And Lazarus’ family asked Jesus for help. “So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.” John 1:1.

Of course there were other reasons Jesus raised Lazarus but these two stuck out to me. Are you a friend of Jesus? He’s said He loves you but have you spent time with Him, talking with Him and getting to know Him? That’s what you do with a friend. And, do you have family who will earnestly pray for your needs? It can be blood family or spiritual family, it doesn’t matter as long as they join their faith for you.

Do some preparation. Spend time with your Friend. Pray for others and love them and when your faith is weak, you’ll still get an answer from Jesus.

God has been speaking to me recently about patience. As I was listening to FamilyTalk on XM radio the other day, the speaker was talking about how God usually wants us to wait for something He’s going to give us. It reminded me of the old game show, “Let’s Make A Deal”. Do you remember that?

Here’s the situation: God says, “I’ve got this great blessing, (deal), I want to give you but, because you’re not ready to handle it yet, I want you to wait awhile. You’ll see, it’s going to be worth the wait!”

Now, on the other side, you’ve got the devil saying, “Don’t listen to that!” (Genesis 3:1) I’ve got some great things, (prizes), waiting for you behind door number 1, 2, and 3. And, you don’t have to wait! You can have it right now!” Wow, that sounds good, doesn’t it? He’ll even give you a glimpse of what’s behind one of the doors to entice you. And the crowd, oh my goodness, the crowd. These are usually your friends, family, and co-workers and most of them are cheering you on to take a door. Get it now!

Then, again, you hear the small, still voice of God saying, “What I’ve got for you Bill is unimaginably good, but you can’t have it now.” What are you going to do???

“Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.” Psalms 37:34 It happens all the time. This situation presents itself to you and me. Don’t deal with the devil, wait on God. He guarantees it will be worth your wait!