Do you remember when God called you?

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Do you remember where you were the first time God called you? I remember I was at Penn State University on my way to class and in the middle of a garden God told me to write a book about an adventure that he was about to put me on. Now, that might sound pretty radical, but here's the thing, I didn't really know that it was God, but at the time I was seeking God. I'd been praying for guidance, praying for clarity, and for specific next steps. Now, what's interesting is something similar was happening in the Bible. There was this boy that was seeking God, sleeping in the place where God was, but he never really interacted with God. And so, one night God calls him and not knowing the voice of God, he goes to the closest person to him and says, "Here I am, you called me?" And the guy's like, "No, I didn't." And then this happens three times. And eventually the guy that he's talking to is like, "Oh, God must be calling him." So, then this guy tells the boy, "Go and lie down and if he calls you, say, 'Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.'" And then God spoke to him. Now, I know normally for us it's easy to go to God and say, "I want this, this, this. Can you fix this? Can you bring me my spouse? Help me with money." But when's the last time that we said, "Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening." Now, if you go back to when I was walking to class and the Lord called me to write a book about this adventure that he was going to send me on. This was one of the first times seeking God and not telling him all the things that I wanted, but saying in my own words, "God, what do you want me to do next? What do you want me to focus on?" And after just walking in silence for a little bit, when I got to the middle of that garden, that's when I heard, not audibly, but in my spirit, "Write the book to tell the story about what I'm about to do in your life." Now, some people might say, "How did you know that was God?" Let's think about it logically for a second. Why would the enemy tell me to do something that celebrates God? Back then I didn't know God that much. So, that was the only reasoning I went off of. But that moment was monumental, not because God gave me a vision of what he wanted for the future, but because I realized when I paused and asked God, "What do you want me to do? What do you want me to focus on?" He spoke. Sometimes impressions through the Holy Spirit, sometimes through words in the Bible, and sometimes multiple confirmations through people that he surrounded me with in my life. So, I want to encourage you today, take 30 seconds and simply say, "Speak, Lord, your servant is listening." And wait. See what the Lord might say. And let me know what that is. I'm praying for you today, friends. God bless.