"Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” Isaiah 30:21
Isn't that a powerful verse? Yet so many of us tend to say "I can't hear God speaking. I need to hear Him and I can't!" What IF maybe you weren't really listening so that you could hear Him?
Just like losing your favorite station when you are on the edge of town and the signal is getting weak...you try to find it and get static and just move on to a station that you would never listen to like say Tejano music...I have never listened to this style so why did I find myself tuned into it? Well because I searched and couldn't find anything so I was happy just to hear anything! Let me propose to you a thought...what IF you were okay with the static for a bit and you just waited...just maybe what you were waiting for is there and you just needed to be still for a bit. Your radio is still "in tune" with where you want to be but the problem is that you are not HEARING what you want...
All Christians have heard God’s voice sometime or another. In fact the Word says, "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him." It was the voice of God that drew you . In your inner-most being you heard God saying, “I have chosen you and ordained you, come unto Me”. So why do you think that you are either not capable of hearing His voice or that you cannot hear it? Well we have all been there before and it won't be your last! BUT maybe this will help you out....
The beginning of your communication with God was when He was calling you to salvation. But your salvation was only the beginning of your calling. He continues to call you and woo you to places you have never been before.
"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. (Eph 2:8-10)
Jesus asks us to walk in His steps and come to where He is. The Holy Spirit always draws us, He pulls us though and never pushes us. We are to follow Jesus and be led by the Holy Spirit. There is a yearning of the Spirit in you calling you to do some thing or go some place, this is the voice of God in you! Don't doubt it or constantly question it! Sometimes we dismiss things so easily. I have often heard myself say, "Oh that was just me not God." Well...HELLO...Christ is living in me just like He is living in you...so why would we doubt hearing His voice?
The Lord goes before us preparing the way, and He goes with us on the journey. When we are following in obedience to the leading of the Holy Spirit, we walk in the presence of God! We experience His love, joy, and peace....even in the worst of circumstances!
God is always drawing you into His presence, when you meet Him at the place that He has called you to; it is there that you will experience an intense anointing to serve Him. That is the place that you can worship Him in Spirit and in Truth; for to obey God’s voice is worship. Worship is expressing love to God and Jesus says, “If you love me, you will obey what I command.” (John 14:15 NIV)
Having the mind of Christ means that through the Holy Spirit we have access to the will of God, the thoughts of God, and the emotions of God. Just as we can experience God’s joy through actions of love we can also experience God grieving through our actions that hurt people.
"Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption." (Eph 4:29-30 NKJV)
We have all said things that have hurt others and then we immediately felt bad inside. What we need to recognize is that is that the “bad feeling” inside was God feeling bad because of our sin; it was the grieving of the Holy Spirit in us. This is God’s voice communicating with us directly, not with just words, but His very emotions! So can you still say that you do not hear the voice of God in and through you? I know you have! It is NOT natural to have these thoughts because flesh says that you are justified in these feelings. But God's ways are not the world's ways...they are quite the opposite!
We know that God’s love, God’s joy, and the peace of God in your heart is an indication that you are hearing and obeying the voice of God.
"For you will go out with joy, And be led forth with peace." (Isa 55:12 NASB)
When there is a lack of God’s peace in your heart it means that your relationship with Him is lacking and that is why you are only hearing the static in your life. The Holy Spirit will then try to guide you back into a righteous relationship with God, and if you follow His leading you will once again experience the peace of God through the Holy Spirit in you. He will not leave you or forsake you! You only need to wait upon the Lord and ask for His instructions....sometimes we have just got to be okay with the static because it is in those times that we stop and be still and really start listening to what God is saying in our lives. And soon enough you will start hearing just what you are needing and longing to hear...the sweet melody of Christ in your heart. Being in tune with Him is what gives our lives meaning and puts that skip in your step no matter where you are at in life.
Adjust that Crown because you are a Child of the King!
Jonna
The beginning of your communication with God was when He was calling you to salvation. But your salvation was only the beginning of your calling. He continues to call you and woo you to places you have never been before.
"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. (Eph 2:8-10)
Jesus asks us to walk in His steps and come to where He is. The Holy Spirit always draws us, He pulls us though and never pushes us. We are to follow Jesus and be led by the Holy Spirit. There is a yearning of the Spirit in you calling you to do some thing or go some place, this is the voice of God in you! Don't doubt it or constantly question it! Sometimes we dismiss things so easily. I have often heard myself say, "Oh that was just me not God." Well...HELLO...Christ is living in me just like He is living in you...so why would we doubt hearing His voice?
The Lord goes before us preparing the way, and He goes with us on the journey. When we are following in obedience to the leading of the Holy Spirit, we walk in the presence of God! We experience His love, joy, and peace....even in the worst of circumstances!
And the LORD, He is the one who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed." (Deut 31:8 NKJV)
God is always drawing you into His presence, when you meet Him at the place that He has called you to; it is there that you will experience an intense anointing to serve Him. That is the place that you can worship Him in Spirit and in Truth; for to obey God’s voice is worship. Worship is expressing love to God and Jesus says, “If you love me, you will obey what I command.” (John 14:15 NIV)
Having the mind of Christ means that through the Holy Spirit we have access to the will of God, the thoughts of God, and the emotions of God. Just as we can experience God’s joy through actions of love we can also experience God grieving through our actions that hurt people.
"Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption." (Eph 4:29-30 NKJV)
We have all said things that have hurt others and then we immediately felt bad inside. What we need to recognize is that is that the “bad feeling” inside was God feeling bad because of our sin; it was the grieving of the Holy Spirit in us. This is God’s voice communicating with us directly, not with just words, but His very emotions! So can you still say that you do not hear the voice of God in and through you? I know you have! It is NOT natural to have these thoughts because flesh says that you are justified in these feelings. But God's ways are not the world's ways...they are quite the opposite!
We know that God’s love, God’s joy, and the peace of God in your heart is an indication that you are hearing and obeying the voice of God.
"For you will go out with joy, And be led forth with peace." (Isa 55:12 NASB)
When there is a lack of God’s peace in your heart it means that your relationship with Him is lacking and that is why you are only hearing the static in your life. The Holy Spirit will then try to guide you back into a righteous relationship with God, and if you follow His leading you will once again experience the peace of God through the Holy Spirit in you. He will not leave you or forsake you! You only need to wait upon the Lord and ask for His instructions....sometimes we have just got to be okay with the static because it is in those times that we stop and be still and really start listening to what God is saying in our lives. And soon enough you will start hearing just what you are needing and longing to hear...the sweet melody of Christ in your heart. Being in tune with Him is what gives our lives meaning and puts that skip in your step no matter where you are at in life.
Adjust that Crown because you are a Child of the King!
Jonna
*This blog is written by Jonna Gibson for "Invisible Crown". You can follow it at Jonna-invisiblecrown.blogspot.com
