My Voice speaks clear
Many times lately the Lord has spoken of hearing Him.
Mark 9:7 “And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is My beloved Son: hear Him.”
Peter, James, and John had the privilege of being in the mount with Christ and seeing Him transformed in glory, before them….with Moses and Elijah. Yet they were directed to only One….”This is My beloved Son: hear Him.”
And it is the same today, for us, as His children.
Are we hearing what He is saying to us?
We can hear His Voice:
In creation.
Psalm 19:1-3 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth His handiwork.
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.”
Everyone is without excuse. All can be aware of the beauty and workings of this earth…the day and the night…the sun and the moon,….all show God. From the smallest of His creation, to the largest….all manifest God, the Creator…the Almighty. They shout out His glory.
We can hear His Voice:
Through His Word.
Isaiah 55:11 “So shall My Word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.”
John 12:48-50 “He that rejecteth Me, and receive not My words, hath one that judgeth him: the Word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
For I have not spoken of Myself; but the Father which sent Me, He gave Me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
And I know that His commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto Me, so I speak.”
We can hear His Voice:
Through preachers and teachers.
Romans 10:14-15 “How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?
And how shall they preach, except they be sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!”
1 Corinthians 1:21 “For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.”
1 Thessalonians 2:13 “For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the Word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.”
We can hear HIs Voice through the Holy Spirit within:
John 16:13 “Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will shew you things to come.
1 John 2:20 “But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.”
1 John 2:27 “But the anointing which ye have received of Him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in Him.”
We can hear His Voice within us, especially in this Laodicean age….for that is what He has promised:
Revelation 3:20 “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My Voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me.”
Jesus Christ stands at the door and knocks, but it is His Voice which is heard by the individual within….and we either hear and answer….
….or refuse and disobey…for His call is to “open to Me”.
And as the sheep of His pasture, we hear His Voice….and follow Him.
John 10:27 “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.”
To hear aright, we need to get obedient to the light and word that we have….and then continue in it.
Jesus had just declared that He was the Light of the World: he that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12)
He was in the treasury of the Temple, having dealt with the woman taken in adultery.
John 12:30 “As He spake these words, many believed on Him.”
But then He spoke about continuing to hear and believe….and be free of sin and self:
John 12:31-32 “Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him, If ye continue in My Word, then are ye my disciples indeed:
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
This caused strife and argument…..why? Because He pointed out their sin….
John 12:34,36 “Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”
It is one thing to believe, in general, what Jesus teaches….and another to see our sin, and know that….it is I that need to be saved from it!
John 12:42,43 “Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love Me: for I proceed and came from God;….
Why do ye not understand My speech?
Even because ye cannot hear My Word.”
In the Hebrew, to truly hear God is to determine to obey Him.
Are we hearing and continuing in His Word to us? If we are, we will certainly have the liberty of Spirit that the truth of God gives.
His Voice speaks clear…..He has made the call very clear….”Come unto Me, and learn of Me”
Open up the door of your life, and give Him the best place….the throne of our hearts.
And then let us continue to hear HIm, however His Voice comes to us….and have the liberty and freedom from sin, self, and the world, that He gives.
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