The Voice Of God 1

God's Voice

Just like the Psalmist, we long for the Lord to hear our voice (Ps. 5:2; 130:2), but we need to understand that He longs even more for us to hear His voice (Rev. 3:20; John 10:27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.)

God wants to talk to His people. When you read the Word, you can see that He is a very “talkative” God. He:

—    Creates with His voice (Gen. 1:3–26; Ps. 29:4–9; 33:6)

—    Spoke face to face with Moses (Ex. 33:11)

—    Speaks in fire (Deut. 4:12)

—    Thunders with His voice (Job 37:2, 4–5)

—    Shouts and cries out loudly (Ps. 47:5; Is. 42:13)

—    Has a voice like many waters (Ez. 1:24; 43:2)

—    Has a voice that sounds like the wings of the cherubim (Ez. 10:5)

—    Roars with His voice through His people (Joel 3:16; Amos 1:2)

—    Sings and rejoices over us (Zeph. 3:17)

—    Spoke audibly to Jesus and all who were with Him (Matt. 3:17; 17:5)

—    Spoke audibly to Saul of Tarsus (Acts 9:5, 7; 22:8)

—    Spoke audibly to Peter (Acts 10:15)

—    Spoke audibly to John (Rev. 1:10)

—    Shakes the earth with His voice (Heb. 12:26)

How To Hear God's Voice

Not only does the Lord speak audibly in both the Old and New Testaments, but He also speaks through:

- Worship—the songs and communion with the Lord in worship invariably opens us to His voice—1 Chron. 25:1–7; Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16

- The Word—Ps. 119:130; Acts 8:30–35; Rom. 15:14; 2 Tim. 3:16

- Personal prayer and communion with God–2 Chron. 7:12–16; 2Cor. 13:14

- Dreams—Dan. 2:1; Matt. 1:20

-  Impression—the thought that is not your own. Inner voice—the voice that brings a peace. This is usually the work of the Holy Spirit—Acts 15:28. This might also be the still small voice of God that Elijah experienced 1Ki. 19:11-13

- Every day situations—the Lord can use any means around us to communicate His ideas such as movies, newspapers, people

- Natural world, God’s creation—Ps. 19:1; 97:6

- Pictures or visions—Is. 1:1; Jer. 1:2–4; Ez. 1:1; Am. 3:7; 1 Cor. 14:3; Heb. 1:1

- Prophecy—Heb. 1:1

-  The gifts of the Holy Spirit—1 Cor. 12–14

-  The leading of the Holy Spirit—Is. 30:21; Rom. 8:14

-  The conviction of the Holy Spirit—Jn. 16:8

-  Preaching, parables and stories—Mark 2:2; 4:33; 1 Thess. 2:13

- Through intimacy—Jn. 10:3, 14

- He speaks through the body—He can use anyone to speak to us, but He mostly uses other Believers—Pr. 15:22; 24:6; 27:17

-  Circumstances—sometimes our circumstances lead us to and through the thing that God is trying to say to us

-  The sacraments–Lu. 24:35

1 Samuel 3:9 "Speak, Lord, for Your servant hears."

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