What is one way that God speaks to His people?

Samuel 28:6 And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by the prophets.

I would like to look at these two words in scripture called Urim and Thummim. The Scriptures don’t tell us in detail what they were, but the consensus among those who’ve studied this is that the Urim and the Thummim were two stones.

These stones were either the stones that were embedded in the breastplate of the ephod of the priest that he wore, or they were two stones that were contained in a pouch that was on the side of the ephod and he would stick his hand in. Somehow those two stones would give a person a direction from God.

So when they used the Urim and the Thummim to get direction from God in those times, they would know which direction they’re planning to go. What they would do is ask the Lord a question. “Lord, shall I do this?” And God would answer back by Urim or Thummim, yes or no. And it looks like if you got a Urim the answer was yes, and if you got a Thummim the answer was no.

How did the answer come? That depends on exactly what the Urim and Thummim were. One of the thoughts was, the Urim and Thummim being two stones in the breastplate, when the person prayed one of those stones would light up and glow. If it was the Urim that glowed, God was saying, “Yes,” but if it was the Thummim that glowed, God was saying, “No.” 

You may say that today we don´t have two stones embedded in a priestly garment, but we do have the Holy Spirit, that gut feel within us, that yes or no answer that all believers have.

I am sure most of us at one time or another have had that gut feel of not doing something, or going somewhere or taking a different route while driving. That is the Holy Spirit leading us. We may ask the Lord what to do with a certain situation in our lives, and he will either say yes or no.

Perhaps you have a person on your mind, and it´s the Lord´s way of telling you to pray for them.It´s the Urim saying yes, pray for them. Other times you may ask the Lord a question, and not receive an answer. That is what happened to Saul.He did not receive an answer from the Lord.

Maybe your spiritual Urim and Thummim is a bit rusty. No problem, take it to the Lord and ask him to stir up your gift, and begin exercising it. Soon enough you will have it built into you and it will be so much a part of you that you would not know how you lived without it.