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.
The Number One Filter that helps us in voice of God discerning is the Bible. It constitutes the supreme source containing all the material which will enable us do so. We all have people that we could look up as being the models of how a person in constant conversation with God looks like. What is paramount about such people is their intimate knowledge of the Bible. This helps us in the translation of the unseen and invisible Gods world into our concrete and tangle world we live in.
As we are told in Psalm 119.11, Gods word is hidden in ones heart or in the treasured Gods word. Translated, every time we are reading from the Scripture is a chance to obtain divine material in raw form. God uses this raw material in speaking directly to our hearts. Every reading chance invests within our inner trove of treasure.
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.
You have often heard a Christian say God has spoken to them on anything ranging from gambling tendencies to the characteristics of poor relationships. You will discover that this is not usually the truth and when someone tells you to do something contradicting the Scriptures wisdom, you ought to presume that is not God speaking.
Number Three identifies your community as the best environment to discern Gods voice. In Romans 12:2, Paul strongly admonishes your community that it must hack to Gods voice. He insists that your community should give up its body as living form sacrifices. This translates for you into understanding that you should discern Gods will and voice within the 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.
Filter Number Four screams the importance attached to humility. God does not like proud people but will uplift humble people. This covers the sentiment of a verse slightly alarming but often repeated within the Bible. An ability to hear God fast develops into pride. This arises from the power that a fragile person can communicate with God directly infuses into such a person. A feeling of pride creeps into such a person steadily. Humility is the knowledge that even though Gods word can never be wrong, it does not mean our understanding is forever right.
The Number One Filter that helps us in voice of God discerning is the Bible. It constitutes the supreme source containing all the material which will enable us do so. We all have people that we could look up as being the models of how a person in constant conversation with God looks like. What is paramount about such people is their intimate knowledge of the Bible. This helps us in the translation of the unseen and invisible Gods world into our concrete and tangle world we live in.
As we are told in Psalm 119.11, Gods word is hidden in ones heart or in the treasured Gods word. Translated, every time we are reading from the Scripture is a chance to obtain divine material in raw form. God uses this raw material in speaking directly to our hearts. Every reading chance invests within our inner trove of treasure.
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.
You have often heard a Christian say God has spoken to them on anything ranging from gambling tendencies to the characteristics of poor relationships. You will discover that this is not usually the truth and when someone tells you to do something contradicting the Scriptures wisdom, you ought to presume that is not God speaking.
Number Three identifies your community as the best environment to discern Gods voice. In Romans 12:2, Paul strongly admonishes your community that it must hack to Gods voice. He insists that your community should give up its body as living form sacrifices. This translates for you into understanding that you should discern Gods will and voice within the 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.
Filter Number Four screams the importance attached to humility. God does not like proud people but will uplift humble people. This covers the sentiment of a verse slightly alarming but often repeated within the Bible. An ability to hear God fast develops into pride. This arises from the power that a fragile person can communicate with God directly infuses into such a person. A feeling of pride creeps into such a person steadily. Humility is the knowledge that even though Gods word can never be wrong, it does not mean our understanding is forever right.
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