Hearing the Voice of God

Many Christian believers do not believe that they can or do hear God’s Voice.  Jesus says in John 10 verse 14, that He is the Good Shepherd and that He knows His sheep and His sheep know Him. In John 10:27 Jesus said, My sheep hear My Voice and I know them and they follow Me. If you are one of the Lord Jesus’ sheep, you should know His voice. He is not a respecter of persons. According to Isaiah 58:11 it says that He will lead and guide us through our lives.  Psalms 32:8 says that He will instruct us with a loving eye the way that we should go. However, I don't think the issue is if God is speaking  but it's with us who are not hearing. 

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The first thing we need to do is fix our ears. We need to believe that God is already speaking and start listening. However, that takes time, effort, and focus. The average Christian's lifestyle is so busy, it isn't conducive to hearing God's voice. For instance, what is your typical answer to the question, "How are you?" Many of you probably answer something about being very busy. All of us seem to be busier than ever, and that's one of the BIG reasons we don't hear the voice of the Lord better. We're just too busy.

Psalm 46:10 says,

"Be still, and know that I am God."

It's in stillness, not busyness, that we tune our spiritual ears to hear the voice of God. The Lord always speaks to us in that "still, small voice" (1 Kings 19:12), but often it's drowned out amid all the turmoil of our daily lives.

The other issue that prevents us from hearing God clearly is that there are other voices whispering into our ears as well. In fact, there are three voices that we can hear -- the voice of God, the voice of our own fleshly desires, and the voice of the Adversary. But Jesus tells us in John 10:4 and 5, "...and the sheep follow Him, for they know His voice. Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers." The writer of Hebrews tells us that we can train our ear to recognize the voice of God above all the noise. "But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil" (Hebrews 5:14). It is by practicing, using our spiritual ear, that we are able to discern whether what we hear is of God, our flesh, or the Adversary.

Today on this Intercession Tuesday make a decision to hear His Voice like some of His other sheep do. I believe that if you want to hear God’s Voice and if you pray the following prayer, He will honor your prayer and teach you to hear His Voice. I remember the first time I heard His Voice, it changed my life. 

Intercessory Prayer

Heavenly Father, I come to You now in the Name of my Lord and Savior Christ Jesus. Holy Spirit I pray that You will quicken me to hear my Heavenly Father’s Voice and lead me in prayer. Heavenly Father, I bow and worship before You. I come to You with praise and with thanksgiving. I come to You in humility, in fear, and in trembling and seeking truth. I come to You in gratitude, in love, and through the precious Blood of Your Son Jesus Christ of Nazareth. 

Father, it is written in Your Word according to John chapter 10 that Your sheep know Your Voice. Heavenly Father, I am one of Your sheep. I  ask You Heavenly Father, to teach me to hear Your Voice distinctly and clearly according to John chapter 10. I ask You increase Your anointing on me to clearly hear and know Your Voice and not that of a stranger, I ask You to do this in the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Give me  the ability Heavenly Father to hear Your Voice, I ask this according to John 16:23 in the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. 

My Lord, it is written in Your Word in 1 John 4:1-2 that we should not believe every spirit but test the spirits to determine whether the spirits are of God. By this I will know the Spirit of God. I ask that you remove any deception Heavenly Father.  I come to You through the Precious Blood of my  Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, I  ask You to destroy and remove any deception in my mind in Jesus Christ’s Holy Name I pray. Let me Hear your Voice clearly so that I may know your ways and will for my life. All these things I ask in Your mighty name I pray.

Amen!