How Do We Recognise God's Voice?

God will teach us to know and recognise His voice if we ask Him.

As we grow in our relationship with God, we will become more aware of when it's God speaking. The more we communicate with God the more familiar we become with His voice.

How do I know it's God speaking?

We hear many voices. How do we know when it's God speaking?

It's easy to confuse what we want with God's voice, especially when something is really important to us. We can turn down the volume of our own voice by dying to our own agenda.

When our thoughts or other people's opinions don't line up with God's word we need to demolish them. The enemy's plan is to confuse us and take us off course. We're told to resist him and silence him by speaking the word of God as Jesus did.

Learning to recognise God's voice is a process. If it is God's voice, it will lead to peace.

As believers and followers of God we have the Holy Spirit within us. He helps us to discern when the Father is speaking to us.

When we renew our mind with God's written word and spend time in His presence – we have the mind of Christ.

The more time we spend renewing our mind with God's word, the easier it is to discern when it's God and when it's just our thoughts.

"My sheep recognise my voice. I know them, and they follow me."
John 10:27

"The Holy Spirit, who the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and cause you remember all that I have told you."
John 14:26

We are His sheep and we hear God's voice. We can be confident that we know the voice of the Lord if we belong to Him and follow him.

We can train ourselves to recognise when it's God. It takes effort. We learn by practicing and being prepared to make mistakes. Don't let fear of making a mistake stop you from stepping out in faith. God is our Father and He will take care of our honest mistakes.

As we listen more we’ll learn to distinguish between the different voices.

The key is to learn to evaluate everything in the light of God's word.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Never rely on what you think you know. Remember the Lord in everything you do, and he will show you the right way. Never let yourself think that you are wiser than you are; simply obey the Lord and refuse to do wrong."
Proverbs 3:5-7

Sometimes we struggle to hear God or we don't hear as clearly as we'd like. At other times, we think we’ve heard God and respond to what He says only to find that we made a mistake.

If that happens, find out why you got it wrong and don't let it hold you back from stepping out in faith next time. God teaches us through our mistakes. It's better to allow yourself to make a mistake than never to step out in faith.

We've been living with abnormality for so long that we don't even recognise that it's not normal to go through life without hearing God.

'Normal', is hearing God every day.

Is that your expectation?

Are you actually scheduling time for God every day? Or, are you just trying to squeeze Him around everything else you do?

Do you struggle to believe that God will speak to you?

Confess your lack of faith to God. Ask Him to increase your faith. He will.

It's time to exercise faith. We have to overcome the doubts and keep on knocking.

Stop and listen to Him because He has the words of life.

Our Father is speaking to you – believe it. You can learn to recognise His voice.


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