Valuing the Voice of God II

Wednesday 29 July
READ: Jn.10:1-5
MORE LESSON: Num. 12:6-8

Many people keep asking to know how to be sure that the Lord is speaking when you hear a voice either in your spirit or audibly. There are certain people in my life who's voices I cannot miss even in a crowd simply because I know them personally and intimately, So If you deepen your intimacy with the Lord, you will not miss His voice because you know Him. When Jesus said my sheep hear my voice, He was invariably saying that those who have relationship with Him know His voice. Sheep in this context are those who have accepted Jesus as Lord and Saviour and wait daily for Him.

When the troubled waters roar, those who have a personal relationship with God will find an easy way out because they can identify the still small voice of the Holy Spirit even in the noisiest of tempests. However, those who have no personal relationship with Jesus Christ will grope in the dark even when God is speaking to them because they have not developed their spiritual senses to know the voice of the Lord. It is often said that only what you value can add value to you.

God will not trust His voice to those who will not value it. If God cannot trust you to obey Him in little things, He will not reveal strong things to you. His leading is a heritage only for those who are maturing into sonship. Leading is possible only when those who will be led are yielded and obedient enough to follow the voice of God. It is in vain that some people, in search for the Lord's leading, hop from one miracle centre to another when the Lord desires to speak His word directly into our hearts by His Spirit who is resident in us. God wants to talk with you.

The pathways of this life are too dangerous to ply without the voice of the Ancient of days. We cannot afford to handle the voice of God with levity. We cannot afford to use God; we must let God use us. We must yield to and obey His gentle promptings. Until the child Samuel learnt to say Speak Lord for your servant heareth he may have never matured into the prophet Samuel who could say 'thus saith the Lord'. Have you heard from God lately?

Prayer/Action
* Pray that the issues of life will not negatively affect your intimacy with God.
* Ask for God’s directives towards maturity in hearing His voice.
* Repent of ever handling the voice of God with levity.
* Ask the Spirit of God to come upon you afresh and keep you connected to the Father.
* Pray that you will never grief the Spirit of God or walk away from Him.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
I shall not live an empty life, and my destiny will be successful with impacts in the name of Jesus.