Water drop found from nowhere. Is God speaking to me?

[Leona Feng]

A few days ago, I was lying on my bed reading Bible when I found there was a long water drop dripping from my bed's headboard (the headboard is black leather, so it's very easy to be noticed). As I examined the ceiling and everywhere, there is no way the water drop would be dripping from my bed's headboard. Is God speaking to me? If yes, what does the meaning by it?

 

[Winken]

The Holy Spirit speaks to us 24/7/365. You just pause to listen. He'll reveal it.

 

[Paul of Eugene OR]

A few days ago, I was lying on my bed reading Bible when I found there was a long water drop dripping from my bed's headboard (the headboard is black leather, so it's very easy to be noticed). As I examined the ceiling and everywhere, there is no way the water drop would be dripping from my bed's headboard. Is God speaking to me? If yes, what does the meaning by it?

God doesn't pose riddles for us to solve. So it is not a communication from God. It is an interesting phenomenon to investigate, nothing more.

 

[Martyr's Crown]

God speaks to you more through His Word than through strange experiences. We can also be reminded of Him by things we see outside, especially to be reminded of what He says to us already in His Word which is the bible you read in. And He speaks to us through our mind, sometimes we get a very direct response from Him as well when He finds this necessary or when He wishes to reach us with something which is a very personal matter to us.

He may also speak in different ways too, sometimes through dreams, visions, through other fellow Christian believers, e.t.c... But keep in mind that not everything you experience will always be from God. You do can pray to God asking Him about this experience and then wait for His answer back to you. Personally that's what I would have done first. Depending most on God's answer back to me than asking a lot of people online, as most people will share you their thoughts and will often rely more on their own experiences, not all of them will always be lead by the Holy Spirit when responding to you. Whilst with God you will have a true and direct answer given from Him.

 

[Leona Feng]

Thank you and I totally agree with you.
God bless you. =)

 

[Francis Drake]

God speaks to you more through His Word than through strange experiences. .

Despite the fact that this is constantly stated, it is just not true.
If that were the case, how would most people have heard God speak prior to the printing press?

Virtually nobody could read in the OT or NT period until relatively recent times. Were they excluded from God's intentions?

How do non believers, or those in non Christian countries hear God speak, if they first need bibles?

The reason that few people receive words directly from the Lord is because they are constantly being told that he speaks mainly through the scriptures!

How do we know whether God is speaking personally to us from scripture, rather than just to the characters in that book? We cannot just grab hold of some biblical injunction and apply it to ourselves or to others without some other guidance, otherwise we might find drastic results.
ie. We don't see too many Christians making use of this injunction do we, despite it being the word of the Lord in scripture?

Matt5v 28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

To understand what the Lord might be saying to you through scripture requires both common sense and discernment.
To understand what the Lord might be saying to you through a strange experience also requires common sense and discernment.

 

[Martyr's Crown]

Despite the fact that this is constantly stated, it is just not true.

If that were the case, how would most people have heard God speak prior to the printing press?

You may think it isn't true, but the bible is supposed to build up, encourage, comfort and edify Christians. If you mean during the more modern times before the printing press then people had missionaries and teachers to tell them about what was written in the bible, although not many would understand it during for example the time of the Roman Catholic church where the bible was just written in Latin. Now this is why Martin Luther and others came into the picture, to translate the bible into more languages so that people could also learn to read it in a language they understood.

Virtually nobody could read in the OT or NT period until relatively recent times. Were they excluded from God's intentions?

No. In the ancient times God spoke more in an direct way to those who loved Him and found favour in His sight, as well as they had the prophets who told them what God had in mind. Although don't forget that as time went by they would read in the main jewish laws as well as other Scripture scrolls, Jesus even read in a scroll which was written from Isaiah. During the NT they had Jesus and the disciples(not only those who were picked out by Jesus).

How do non believers, or those in non Christian countries hear God speak, if they first need bibles?

They will most likely hear it from missionaries, or from other Christians who are also living in their country. If they never have heard anything about God before how can they then call out for Him?

The reason that few people receive words directly from the Lord is because they are constantly being told that he speaks mainly through the scriptures!

How do we know whether God is speaking personally to us from scripture, rather than just to the characters in that book? We cannot just grab hold of some biblical injunction and apply it to ourselves or to others without some other guidance, otherwise we might find drastic results.
ie. We don't see too many Christians making use of this injunction do we, despite it being the word of the Lord in scripture?

Matt5v 28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

To understand what the Lord might be saying to you through scripture requires both common sense and discernment.
To understand what the Lord might be saying to you through a strange experience also requires common sense and discernment.

(open up the quote box over as I have also written answers in between some of your lines)

We are given the Holy Spirit for this part, which helps us to understand and discern what we read in the bible, as well as anything else we get from God.

When looking at the prophets from the old testament as an example, when they got prophecies or words from God it was very clear to them what they were given. God was direct in His approach to them, He didn't just show them something which was very unclear in it's message.

We should also be careful during these times as there will also be a time of deception, where many miracles and signs will be happening. If one feels insecure or confused about an experience it may not be from God, as God isn't the author of confusion.

When you have the Holy Spirit within you and the more you draw near to God, the more clearer it will be for you hearing God speaking to you through Scripture as well as "knowing" when you get something from Him personally. Faith is also really important in God's eyes.

 

[Cowwy]

(open up the quote box over as I have also written answers in between some of your lines)

We are given the Holy Spirit for this part, which helps us to understand and discern what we read in the bible, as well as anything else we get from God.

When looking at the prophets from the old testament as an example, when they got prophecies or words from God it was very clear to them what they were given. God was direct in His approach to them, He didn't just show them something which was very unclear in it's message.

We should also be careful during these times as there will also be a time of deception, where many miracles and signs will be happening. If one feels insecure or confused about an experience it may not be from God, as God isn't the author of confusion.

When you have the Holy Spirit within you and the more you draw near to God, the more clearer it will be for you hearing God speaking to you through Scripture as well as "knowing" when you get something from Him personally. Faith is also really important in God's eyes.

I don't do theological debates, but this one is definitely not true that God only speaks through Scripture.

There are too many cases where I find Christian giving their testimony that spoke through circumstances to make a point. You probably heard of the atheist prayer, where it goes something like this "If you are real, do something..." and that sometime happen and it is usually not pretty. I met a guy that did this and ended up in a car crash that it is impossible to survive, ended up with a broken jaw, metal plated surgery and a half broken leg. He became a believer after that accident. Was that Scripture? or was that God accepting the challenge?

In another account, there had been many children around the age of 2+ around the world right now that had seen the day of judgment, and Christ's return. When the parent heard this, did they think that God only speaks though Scripture and put a stumbling block in their child's faith and say "It is not scriptural?" Or did the children at the age of 2 able to recite the events in the book of revelation?

I have also seen visions of these events, and guess what. I had to read the Scripture after to get confirmation to what I saw. Though it is probably because I read the Scripture first hand to get the vision.

We have to gather all the evidence and listen to everything before making a decisive conclusion whether it is biblical that God only speaks through Scripture.

In Acts 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
You'll have to make this work out for yourself, are we in the last days? If it is, God is using more than just Scriptures to speak to us.

Romans 1:20 "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse."
God had been speaking to us through his creation since the beginning, not just in Scriptures.


There is one common theme in all of this. God speaks in whichever way that captures your belief. If you believe that God only speaks through Scripture, Scripture is all you get.

I've always believed in prophecy, and prophecy I have received.
The Jews required signs, signs is what they get.

 

[Martyr's Crown]

I don't do theological debates, but this one is definitely not true that God only speaks through Scripture.

There are too many cases where I find Christian giving their testimony that spoke through circumstances to make a point. You probably heard of the atheist prayer, where it goes something like this "If you are real, do something..." and that sometime happen and it is usually not pretty. I met a guy that did this and ended up in a car crash that it is impossible to survive, ended up with a broken jaw, metal plated surgery and a half broken leg. He became a believer after that accident. Was that Scripture? or was that God accepting the challenge?

In another account, there had been many children around the age of 2+ around the world right now that had seen the day of judgment, and Christ's return. When the parent heard this, did they think that God only speaks though Scripture and put a stumbling block in their child's faith and say "It is not scriptural?" Or did the children at the age of 2 able to recite the events in the book of revelation?

I have also seen visions of these events, and guess what. I had to read the Scripture after to get confirmation to what I saw. Though it is probably because I read the Scripture first hand to get the vision.

We have to gather all the evidence and listen to everything before making a decisive conclusion whether it is biblical that God only speaks through Scripture.

In Acts 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
You'll have to make this work out for yourself, are we in the last days? If it is, God is using more than just Scriptures to speak to us.

Romans 1:20 "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse."
God had been speaking to us through his creation since the beginning, not just in Scriptures.


There is one common theme in all of this. God speaks in whichever way that captures your belief. If you believe that God only speaks through Scripture, Scripture is all you get.

I've always believed in prophecy, and prophecy I have received.
The Jews required signs, signs is what they get.

If you read my first post I didn't write that you only have to believe in the Scriptures alone.

My point was that a lot of Christians in these last days will become deceived when they only depend on everything they see and experience, thinking that the Holy Spirit will speak without having to keep in mind what is also written in the bible. The Sword of the Spirit which is God's Word has a very big part when you put on God's armour. There should be a combination of both trusting in the Holy Spirit's guiding as well as holding God's Word close to your heart and mind.

 

[WilliamBo]

A few days ago, I was lying on my bed reading Bible when I found there was a long water drop dripping from my bed's headboard (the headboard is black leather, so it's very easy to be noticed). As I examined the ceiling and everywhere, there is no way the water drop would be dripping from my bed's headboard. Is God speaking to me? If yes, what does the meaning by it?

A member on CF told me a little while ago about a similar thing happening to her, saying it was God's tear drops, hold on I'll try and find that thread