The Voices
And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” (Gen 3:11)
Those who do not know God believe that it is a form of insanity to think that you have heard the voice of God. However, the Scriptures testify that we are not truly the Lord\’s sheep unless we know His voice, as we read in John 10:4-5 where the Lord refers to Himself as the good Shepherd:
“When he puts forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.
“And a stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”
The Lord did not say that the lambs knew His voice, but rather the sheep. Sheep will follow their shepherd while the lambs will follow the sheep. Likewise, the spiritually young usually do need to follow more mature believers until they have grown to know the Lord\’s voice for themselves. However, it should be the goal of every believer to know the Lord\’s voice, and be able to quickly and easily distinguish His voice from all of the other voices in the world.
Many who claim to be believers assert that the Lord no longer speaks because He has given us the Bible, but the Bible itself refutes this false doctrine. We are told that the Lord never changes, and that He “is the same yesterday and today, yes and forever” (see Heb 13:8). He is not an author who just wrote one book and then retired! He is alive and still relates to His people personally the same ways that He always has.
- Pray that there will be an activation and resurrection of various aspects of your life, the church and nation that were hitherto thought to be dead and useless.
- Unfulfilled destinies, locked or dormant gifting and abilities, disappointments, every dead and grave circumstances and situations of life – they can all hear the voice of the Lord. By Joh 5:25 and Ps 29 command those situations to receive the resurrection life in Jesus. (Eze 37)