Valuing the Voice of God II

Sunday 28 May
READ: Heb.4:7
MORE LESSONS: John10:1-5

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 whose 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 says His sheep hear His voice, He was invariably saying, the little lambs cannot hear His voice, because they have not developed to the point where they can recognise His leading. Sheep in this context are those who value God's voice more than anything else. These are the true sons of God.
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 only made possible 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 that 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. If the child Samuel did not learn to say, Speak Lord for your servant heareth: I Sam. 3:9, he may never have matured into the Prophet Samuel who could say, 'Thus saith the Lord'.

Prayer/Action
* Ask God for better intimacy with the Holy Ghost, in the name of Jesus.
* Ask God for grace to obey the leading of God's voice everytime He speaks to you, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
I declare, even if gross darkness covers the whole world, God's light of glory shall shine upon my life and destiny, in the name of Jesus.