An amazing and mysterious promise made by Jesus is that as his followers, we should and can hear Gods voice. When he calls, we should listen and respond. When it comes to listening for and Discerning the Voice of God, there are four distinct filters that should be applied.
The first filter can be identified from the Bible because the Bible itself is the supreme source and contains the material that enables us to discern the voice of God. There are many people in our lives to look up to as models of what it would be like when someone maintains a constant conversation with God. What is true and paramount about such people is that they know the Bible. This enables us translate the invisible, the unseen world of God into our tangle and concrete world of human beings.
You are told in Psalm 119.11 that Gods voice is hidden in your heart or upon Gods treasured word to you. This is translated to mean that every time you read from the holy book gives you a chance in obtaining divine raw material. God will use this material to speak to your heart directly. Any time you read invests in you an inner treasure trove.
The Second Filter is that the Bible forms the ultimate litmus test in discerning Gods Voice. This filter is almost similar to the first. This second filter sets an objective stand upon which we are held. As Romans 10:17 says, faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of Christ. This means that nothing we hear from God will contradict the holy book.
Often, we get to hear Christians who claim they have heard from God about everything from addictive gambling tendencies to traits of bad relationships. This is often not the truth and when a person says God has told us to perform an act in contradiction of the wisdom in Scripture, the presumption should be it is not Gods spoken word.
Number Three identifies your community as the best environment to discern Gods voice. In Romans 12:2, Paul strongly admonishes your community that it must hack to Gods voice. He insists that your community should give up its body as living form sacrifices. This translates for you into understanding that you should discern Gods will and voice within the community.
Jesus, to add to this in John 10, talks about being a good shepherd while we are his sheep. He calls every sheep by individual name but moves the flock as an entire communal group. This filter covers both communal and individual discernment.
The Fourth Filter identifies how paramount humility is. God disfavors the proud, but uplifts those humble. Is one of the most consistent yet slightly alarming verses often repeated right through the Bible. A person who claims to hear God can fast develop pride. The idea of a fragile human having communication directly with God infuses power on such an individual. What follows is sneaky creeping of pride. Humility demands that while recognizing Gods word is never wrong, it does not promise our reception is always right.
The first filter can be identified from the Bible because the Bible itself is the supreme source and contains the material that enables us to discern the voice of God. There are many people in our lives to look up to as models of what it would be like when someone maintains a constant conversation with God. What is true and paramount about such people is that they know the Bible. This enables us translate the invisible, the unseen world of God into our tangle and concrete world of human beings.
You are told in Psalm 119.11 that Gods voice is hidden in your heart or upon Gods treasured word to you. This is translated to mean that every time you read from the holy book gives you a chance in obtaining divine raw material. God will use this material to speak to your heart directly. Any time you read invests in you an inner treasure trove.
The Second Filter is that the Bible forms the ultimate litmus test in discerning Gods Voice. This filter is almost similar to the first. This second filter sets an objective stand upon which we are held. As Romans 10:17 says, faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of Christ. This means that nothing we hear from God will contradict the holy book.
Often, we get to hear Christians who claim they have heard from God about everything from addictive gambling tendencies to traits of bad relationships. This is often not the truth and when a person says God has told us to perform an act in contradiction of the wisdom in Scripture, the presumption should be it is not Gods spoken word.
Number Three identifies your community as the best environment to discern Gods voice. In Romans 12:2, Paul strongly admonishes your community that it must hack to Gods voice. He insists that your community should give up its body as living form sacrifices. This translates for you into understanding that you should discern Gods will and voice within the community.
Jesus, to add to this in John 10, talks about being a good shepherd while we are his sheep. He calls every sheep by individual name but moves the flock as an entire communal group. This filter covers both communal and individual discernment.
The Fourth Filter identifies how paramount humility is. God disfavors the proud, but uplifts those humble. Is one of the most consistent yet slightly alarming verses often repeated right through the Bible. A person who claims to hear God can fast develop pride. The idea of a fragile human having communication directly with God infuses power on such an individual. What follows is sneaky creeping of pride. Humility demands that while recognizing Gods word is never wrong, it does not promise our reception is always right.
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