How Do We Know When We Hear Jesus’ Voice?
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Every day, we recognize voices. Famous people, everyday people, family, friends, and local people. People in our community. The voices of our pastors, leaders, and teachers. Each voice is unique in tone and character, inflection, and delivery. But there is one voice that has the power to command the attention of every earthly and heavenly soul. Jesus. He is the living Word of God. When we read the Bible, we are ingesting His voice. His unique tone and character, inflection, and delivery. His supernatural ability to inspire writers to pen His voice and meet us in our everyday lives through it.
The apostle Paul wrote to the Ephesians about the armor of God. This is the way we protect ourselves from the enemy, who, as Jesus mentioned, is out to kill and destroy us. It also allows us the clarity and calm we need to hear the voice of Jesus and follow His lead on our lives:
The voice of Jesus is living water. Imagine how life-giving a cool drink of water refreshes our bodies and quenches our thirst. We can feel the cold liquid on our lips, in our mouths, and travel down our throats and into our stomachs! This is the power of the word of God, and then some! The voice of Jesus brings us to life! Refreshes us and quenches our thirst, strengthens us, and prepares us …we trust in Him because of who He is and His good intentions toward us.
Listening to Jesus is counter-cultural. In fact, if you are finding favor with people, and enjoying popularity in this world, it might mean you’re tuned into the wrong voice, or maybe a prosperity gospel. Jesus said, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.” (Luke 11:28 NLT) Hearing leads to doing. If we’re accepted by the world, we’ve done something as a reaction to what we’ve heard …what we believe. The apostle John wrote:
The favor of God is often misunderstood to mean favorable conditions on this planet. We are acceptance junkies, liking and sharing on social media. It feels so good to be liked. But Jesus said, “the gateway to life is very narrow, and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.” (Matthew 7:14 NLT) The apostle James wrote:
The voice of Jesus meet us where we are at. Daily, when we immerse ourselves in the word, we can trust Him to meet us there, links arms, and walks out into the day with us. Always, forever, and onto eternity. He is the voice in our heads. The voice in our hearts. The voice of life. The voice of our Savior… leading us to life to the full.
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