Listening to God the Right Way Section 2

We continue the series on hearing God...

2. DISCERNING

Part of the issue of hearing God is not whether He is speaking to you, but picking His voice of the myriads of other voices in your head and your heart.

John 10:27 My sheep pay attention to my voice; I understand them, and they follow me.

So the Bible states that we ought to recognise His voice and be able to follow Him, however in our modern world with so numerous voices, the fact is that this is frequently hard to do.

We need to be led by His Spirit, Romans 8:14. The Bible says that the steps of a better guy are bought by The Lord (Psalm 37:23 -24).

So we frequently sense that still little voice, and it typically occurs as "promptings" to our hearts. It might be to call someone, or offer someone some cash, or to pray for somebody. Sometimes we get it right, often incorrect, and be slowly learn how to discern.

The problem is that we are getting on a hostile channel.

Our minds can be prompted by The Lord, the Flesh or the devil. The Holy Spirit is a still, small voice, but our flesh and the temptations of the devil can howl very loudly sometimes!

Some neglect this and naively think that anything they think or feel is from God, without humility, without checks and balances and without actually knowing God at all.

2 Corinthians 11:3 I am scared that simply as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may in some way be led astray from your genuine and pure devotion to Christ.

Charles Manson thought he was hearing God, but clearly he was hearing some other god, not my God!

Beyond demonic promptings, our regular issue is the flesh.

Even The excellent apostle Paul resisted this voice of flesh. Romans 7:22 -23. For in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a detainee of the law of sin at work within me.

We wish to look spiritual, we fancy something, we want to safeguard ourselves, and associating this to "God telling us" is an argument that nobody else can attack or perhaps concern.

If God tells you something, how can I or anybody else go against that?

Simply puts, you utilize God presumably informing you for your very own program.

Next week I am going to enter into intimate information to reveal you the key filters by which you can distinguish the voice of God from the other voices in your head.

If you are going to show self-confidence, if you are going to hear a God with total conviction, you need to have checks and balances in place so that you understand that you know that you know that God has spoken to you.

You have to determine His voice! 3. OBEYING.

Ouch, this is where the rubber strikes the road folks. If you want to hear the voice of God, you need to obey.

The Bible states that if you cherish (Hebrew: to look, see, examine, concentrate on) sin in your life, you will not hear God and God will certainly not hear you, so the line of communication or relationship is severed!

Psalms 66:18. 18 If I had cherished sin in my heart,. the Lord would not have actually listened;.

Obedience is important if you are to genuinely hear God.

1 Samuel 15:22. Samuel responded:. "Does the Lord enjoy burnt offerings and sacrifices. as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is much better than sacrifice,. and to hearken is better than the fat of rams.

God isn't looking for religion, laws, ceremonies and liturgies ... All of these are external things, and He is searching for the internal thing ... Obedience! Envision this ...

Your boy or daughter comes to you and states, "Father, kindly speak with me. What would you have me do?".

You react, "I would like you to clean your space.".

Thrilled at the sound of your voice, the child is delighted and joyful, however does not clean the space.

Later, they approach you again, "Father, please tell me your will.".

You tell them once again, "Go clean your room.".

Delighted, they feel terrific and head off to play their XBox, instead of cleaning successor room.

Once more they come back to you and state, "Father, I like you a lot and will certainly do whatever you ask of me, please talk to me and direct my paths".

Exactly what would you do at this point?

Possibly a look of shock may work, perhaps a grimace. Are you inclined to keep the entire charade going?

... What does God do when we play this game with Him?

James 1:22 Do not just listen to the word, therefore deceive yourselves. Do exactly what it states. YOU ARE GETTING COMMANDS FROM HQ. complying with and hearing god.

We have to realise that when God speaks, it's not for our own amusement. Sure He motivates, He blesses and He loves, but He likewise commands, and these rules are not optional extras.

He leads us, He guides us, and He talks to us ...

Isaiah 30:21. Whether you count on the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, stating, "This is the method; walk in it.".

If you will certainly let Him, He will lead you. You need to be prepared to repent. You have to get your life right with Christ. You need to promise Him you will certainly trust and obey.

When The concern of the leadership of this church came up, I did not desire to be pastor. I had never ever desired this, and told The Lord it would be an act of God for me to become a pastor.

That is what happened. God spoke to me in an unbelievable method, and I will certainly be sharing this trip in detail next week as we discuss the filters, checks and balances to hearing God's voice.

But for today, my question to you is, "Will you follow?" I do not desire a flippant response, I don't want an idle promise. I have actually decided to trust and obey, for there's no other way for me.

Exactly what about you?

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