You were given an amazing as well as mysterious promise by Jesus that as his follower, you can and ought to hear Gods voice. You respond and listen to him anytime he summons. To enable you go about Discerning the voice of God, you have to apply four filters to the word you shall hear.
Number one will always be the Bible in discerning Gods voice. The Bible has every source material which you will need to do so. You have a person you always look up to when you need an example of a person always in conversation with God. An individual will discover that such a person has a very intimate knowledge about the Bible. It will help you translate the invisible, unseen world of God into your physical world.
To put it in another way, as Psalm 119.11 says, the word of almighty is hidden in his heart or treasured the word of most high. This verse can be identified as the core dimension in discerning Gods voice. This translates to mean that each time we read the Scripture, it is an opportunity to get some divine raw material. This raw material is what God will use to speak directly into our hearts. Each reading is an opportunity in investing in our inner treasure trove.
Number Two gives you the Bible as grounds upon which you will be given a litmus test about discerning Gods voice. It may seem similar to the first one to you but its difference can be found in that it is the stand of objectivity on which he or she will be held. Faith comes through hearing Christ. This means one will never hear anything from God that shall contradict what is written in 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.
The Third Filter determines that Gods voice is best discerned in a community. In Romans 12:2, Paul, in his admonition, is talking to a community, to a lot of people and not just the individual. It even emphasizes in the verse preceding that they ought to offer their bodies to God as living sacrifices. In other words, to discern the voice and will of God, we ought to do it collectively as a community.
John 10 tells you that Jesus is a shepherd and we are members of his flock of sheep. He identifies you as an individual sheep by name but also moves your entire flock as a group. This means the filter covers your individual discernment and also your communities.
Number four literary shouts how important it is for you to show humility. God hates proud people but loves a humble person. A verse constantly appearing all over the Bible tells you so. If you develop the power to hear your God, it will easily translate into pride. It will creep slowly into your heart before you know it. Humility is the acknowledgement that although Gods spoken word will never err, your understanding is not always correct.
Number one will always be the Bible in discerning Gods voice. The Bible has every source material which you will need to do so. You have a person you always look up to when you need an example of a person always in conversation with God. An individual will discover that such a person has a very intimate knowledge about the Bible. It will help you translate the invisible, unseen world of God into your physical world.
To put it in another way, as Psalm 119.11 says, the word of almighty is hidden in his heart or treasured the word of most high. This verse can be identified as the core dimension in discerning Gods voice. This translates to mean that each time we read the Scripture, it is an opportunity to get some divine raw material. This raw material is what God will use to speak directly into our hearts. Each reading is an opportunity in investing in our inner treasure trove.
Number Two gives you the Bible as grounds upon which you will be given a litmus test about discerning Gods voice. It may seem similar to the first one to you but its difference can be found in that it is the stand of objectivity on which he or she will be held. Faith comes through hearing Christ. This means one will never hear anything from God that shall contradict what is written in 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.
The Third Filter determines that Gods voice is best discerned in a community. In Romans 12:2, Paul, in his admonition, is talking to a community, to a lot of people and not just the individual. It even emphasizes in the verse preceding that they ought to offer their bodies to God as living sacrifices. In other words, to discern the voice and will of God, we ought to do it collectively as a community.
John 10 tells you that Jesus is a shepherd and we are members of his flock of sheep. He identifies you as an individual sheep by name but also moves your entire flock as a group. This means the filter covers your individual discernment and also your communities.
Number four literary shouts how important it is for you to show humility. God hates proud people but loves a humble person. A verse constantly appearing all over the Bible tells you so. If you develop the power to hear your God, it will easily translate into pride. It will creep slowly into your heart before you know it. Humility is the acknowledgement that although Gods spoken word will never err, your understanding is not always correct.
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