Is It The Lord Who Speaks To Me?

By Gerald Cowan   How will I know it is the Lord Who speaks the words I hear? Are they direct from him, these words That sound within my ear?   How can I sort through all the words And voices that I find Competing for attention and For notice in my mind?   They all may seem well-reasoned, sound, Believable, and true. Each one is urgent, pressing me. What then am I to do?   How to decide which way to go, Which of the paths to take? Will I be able to change course If I an error make?   The only words that I can trust To be from Him I love Are words that He himself inspired And sent down from above.   With voices that do not repeat God’s word I’ll not agree. Unless I know it comes from Him It finds no place with me.

- Gerald Cowan, a longtime preacher and missionary, is retired from full-time pulpit preaching. Gerald publishes an e-mail newsletter entitled GERALD COWAN’S PERSONAL PERIODICAL WRITINGS. He is available for Gospel Meetings and he may be contacted at Geraldcowan1931@aol.com