God Still Speaks with Leon du Preez

God's Spirit bears witness with your spirit. The Urim and Thummim provide the picture for five inward lights, each with a different meaning for your decisions. A delay calls for patience; a firm warning calls for obedience. Yet a troubled soul may still be facing the right assignment, as Jesus shows in John 12:27. Learn to recognise quiet assurance and the stronger urging of the Spirit without waiting for a dream or vision. Hebrews 5:14 calls you to exercise your senses through use. Keep the Word of God within you, notice the inward witness and check the outcome as you learn to follow His leading.

The joy of the Lord gives strength when the work is hard and opposition is real. In Nehemiah 8, the people hear that God's joy is their strength. Joy grows in His presence and rests in the grace Jesus has given, rather than in a good week or a cheerful personality. When praise becomes a duty and you stop expecting good, return to His presence, speak truth to your soul and remember Christ's finished work. Put on the garment of praise. Keep building people and carrying God's Word to the next generation, even when the work takes longer than you hoped.

God's favour is found in closeness to Him. Proverbs 3 calls you to bind mercy and truth around your neck and write them on the tablet of your heart. Let His promises become the foundation you trust and the words you speak. As you learn to see yourself through God's eyes, you can act wisely, honour the people around you and guard your heart against fear and offence. Stay close to Jesus Christ, receive His grace, and allow the Holy Spirit to remind you of what God has freely given.

Legacy grows through the people you help to know Christ. Jesus builds His church from living stones, joining believers into a spiritual house [1 Peter 2:5]. Your place in that house carries a call to strengthen others. Lasting fruit comes from abiding in Him [John 15:4]. Faithful lives pass on more than knowledge: they help others know the Father. Teach what you have received to people who can teach others [2 Timothy 2:2]. This is a legacy that can continue beyond your lifetime.