A kind of turning point came for me a couple of years back when I realised that God has always had a whole lot more to say to people (and even to express without words) than what has been written down. Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes out of the mouth of God.
We desperately need every word of His. And "God's Word" is not co-terminous with "the Bible". Supremely, He's expressed Himself in His Son. We need to listen.
The Bible itself is replete with instances where God has communicated all manner of things to individual people, without them reading anything or following any particular formula. Some saw visions. Others had dreams. Some were visited by one or more angels. In some cases, we don't know any more than that "the Word of the Lord came to..."
God speaks and we are blessed. Let us not will Him to be silent by insisting that we know all about how He expresses Himself.
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