Listening to God the Right Way Stage 2

We continue the series on hearing God...

2. DISCERNING

Part of the problem of hearing God is not whether He is speaking with you, however choosing His voice of the varieties of other voices in your head and your heart.

John 10:27 My sheep pay attention to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

The Bible says that we must recognise His voice and be able to follow Him, however in our modern-day world with so many voices, the fact is that this is often hard to do.

We have to be led by His Spirit, Romans 8:14. In truth, the Bible states that the steps of a better man are ordered by The Lord (Psalm 37:23 -24).

So we often notice that still small voice, and it often happens as "promptings" to our hearts. It might be to call someone, or offer somebody some money, or to hope for someone. Often we get it right, often wrong, and be slowly discover how to discern.

The issue is that we are getting on a hostile channel.

Our minds can be triggered by The Lord, the Flesh or the devil. The Holy Spirit is a still, small voice, however our flesh and the temptations of the devil can yell pretty loudly sometimes!

Some ignore this and naively believe that anything they believe or feel is from God, without humility, without checks and balances and without actually knowing God at all.

2 Corinthians 11:3 However I am afraid that just as Eve was tricked by the snake's cunning, your minds might somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure commitment to Christ.

Charles Manson thought he was hearing God, however clearly he was hearing some other god, not my God!

Beyond demonic promptings, our regular problem is the flesh.

Even The terrific apostle Paul struggled against this voice of flesh. Romans 7:22 -23. For in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a detainee of the law of sin at work within me.

We wish to look spiritual, we long for something, we wish to protect ourselves, and associating this to "God telling us" is an argument that no one else can attack and even question.

If God informs you something, how can I or anyone else break that?

In other words, you use God presumably telling you for your very own agenda.

Next week I am going to go into intimate detail to reveal you the crucial filters by which you can distinguish the voice of God from the other voices in your head.

If you are going to show self-confidence, if you are going to hear a God with overall conviction, you require to have checks and balances in location so that you understand that you know that you understand that God has actually talked to you.

You need to discern His voice! 3. OBEYING.

Ouch, this is where the rubber strikes the road folks. If you wish to hear the voice of God, you should obey.

The Bible says that if you value (Hebrew: to look, see, analyze, focus on) sin in your life, you will not hear God and God will not hear you, so the line of interaction or relationship is severed!

Psalms 66:18. 18 If I had cherished sin in my heart,. the Lord would not have actually listened;.

Obedience is important if you are to genuinely hear God.

1 Samuel 15:22. But Samuel replied:. "Does the Lord enjoy charred providings and sacrifices. as much as in obeying the Lord? To comply with is better than sacrifice,. and to follow is much better than the fat of rams.

God isn't really looking for religious beliefs, laws, ceremonies and liturgies ... All of these are external things, and He is looking for the internal thing ... Obedience! Envision this ...

Your child or daughter pertains to you and states, "Father, kindly speak to me. Exactly what would you have me do?".

You react, "I would like you to clean your room.".

Delighted at the sound of your voice, the kid is delighted and happy, however does not clean the room.

Later on, they approach you once again, "Father, kindly tell me your will.".

You inform them once again, "Go clean your room.".

Happy, they feel fantastic and head off to play their XBox, instead of cleaning successor room.

Once more they return to you and say, "Father, I love you a lot and will do whatever you ask of me, kindly talk with me and direct my paths".

Exactly what would you do at this point?

Perhaps a look of shock may work, maybe a grimace. Are you inclined to keep the whole charade going?

... What does God do when we play this video game with Him?

James 1:22 Do not simply pay attention to the word, therefore trick yourselves. Do exactly what it states. YOU ARE GETTING COMMANDS FROM HQ. obeying and hearing god.

We need to understand that when God speaks, it's not for our own amusement. Sure He encourages, He blesses and He loves, however He likewise regulates, and these rules are not optional additionals.

He leads us, He guides us, and He speaks with us ...

Isaiah 30:21. Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will certainly hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the method; walk in it.".

If you will certainly let Him, He will lead you. But you must want to repent. You need to get your life right with Christ. You need to promise Him you will rely on and obey.

When The question of the management of this church showed up, I did not want to be pastor. I had never wanted this, and told The Lord it would be an act of God for me to end up being a pastor.

That is what occurred. God talked with me in an amazing way, and I will be sharing this trip in information next week as we discuss the filters, checks and balances to hearing God's voice.

However for today, my question to you is, "Will you comply with?" I do not desire a flippant answer, I do not desire an idle guarantee. I have decided to trust and obey, for there's no other way for me.

What about you?

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