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Godly Decisions II – Hearing God’s Voice

In yesterday’s Bible message about David, we have seen that God is a pretty good advisor. And apparently David had no problem hearing God’s voice. Now you may think “Yes, but that’s David, he was really great because of his direct line to God…and at that time, 3000 years ago, God still talked to his people, but not so today.”

Actually, today we have even less excuses to hear God than David did back then. Because unlike David, we have Jesus - who, by the way, is not dead, but very much alive! And God has also sent the Holy Spirit to us personally.

Read John 10:14 and 10:27.

Jesus says here quite clearly that we are able to hear him. He is ready at any time to speak to us in his own way to reveal his heart to us. And through Jesus, we recognise the nature of God, our heavenly father, and we hear his voice. This is the truth! Now, there are only two questions: Do we really know God’s nature, and how well do we know God’s voice and are able to distinguish it from the other voices that dwell in our head (my ego, the enemy, “what do the others think,”, etc.)? To really “know” something, one must hear it again and again. To know the character of a person, it is not sufficient to have seen this person only once. One must build up and cultivate a relationship.

Most of the time, no one is already born a master. We often only ask God for advice about our “big” decisions and then wonder why we don’t immediately hear anything. Perhaps this is because we never trained to hear his voice. If we do not begin to practice with small decisions, how can we properly hear God’s voice with the really important decisions? We can also train our hearing. And we begin this with the small decisions. Always begin by asking God to help you with the small decisions, no matter how insignificant. This is how we can train to hear the voice of the Good Shepherd in order to be able to recognise his voice with the “big decisions” with complete confidence and follow his advice. 

We can practice together with other Christians (for example in our Small Group) who are already close to God and are guided by his Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is a spirit of unity and if we come before him together, he is faithful to answer.

Prayer, Get Free & Next Step:

Take your time today to simply listen to God. Instead of asking him about a specific issue, try asking, “Lord, what would you like to say to me today?”