Life has continuous series in making choices. You either make the right decision that will make God happy or you make the other one and pay for the consequences. I mean how do you hear God's voice? Of course everyone else is trying to tell you different things, weather for their own personal interest, or they don't know anything better and they try to make you live in their own little world. Everyone is speaking and the devil of course is trying to tell you all the negative thought throughout to take you hell with him. How do you ignore unnecessary voices and only hear God? I hope to learn a lot more on this because this is vital for all Christians who have God as their main pilot in their life.
After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.1 Kings 19:12. Elijah described the voice like this. God's voice is believed to come as spontaneous thoughts or flowing thoughts. Even the voice of the enemy comes us spontaneous and it is why we should take every thought captive. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.2 Corinthians 10:5.
So how can we tell between God's voice and the Enemy Voice? God's voice lines up with the bible and scripture. It will comfort you, counsel you, teach you, give you life, heal you and deliver you. The thought are pure, peace, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits unwavering. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.James 3:17.
Satanic thought- This lines up with bad thought which includes stealing, accusing, destroying, rejecting, fear, doubt, unbelief and misery. His thought bring jealousy and selfish ambitions. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. James 3:14-15.
Stop listening to other people's negative opinion, people will not hesitate to tell how you feel inside right now,they will not hesitate to continue making up stories or impose their own subjective personal non existent negative opinions. " Don't listen to negativity". Don't try to please anybody but God. Remember the devil uses other people to discourage you. Also know that when people can't reach their dreams, they try to steal your dream, even though it is not possible to steal peoples dream through low opinions and negative voices. Also don't listen to the enemy voices. Instead reject and run away from it. Submit yourselves then to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you. James 4: 7. Continually focus on listening to God's voice. My Sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me. I give them eternal life and they will never perish and no one will snatch them out of my hands. John 10:27-28.
Become still to hear the voice of God- Yes, my soul, find rest in God;my hope comes from him. Psalm 62:5. For sure we will have rest in hearing the thoughts of God, in listening to God. If we are not still then most likley we will hear only our own thoughts, enemy;s thought or other people's negative voice. I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts;I will look to see what he will say to me,and what answer I am to give to this complaint. Habakkuk 2:1. fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2. Clear focus on God will provide us the purest flow and help us understand what God requires from us.
As discussed above Fixing our eyes on God will help us hear his voice. I will look to see what he will say to me. Habakkuk 2:1-20. As we know who we have learnt from, as David said it, " I saw the Lord always before me, because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken". Acts 2:25-28. Ophhh this word keeps me going, because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken at all! Trying to vision God with us and trying to feel his presence will help. Jesus is Emmanuel and God is with us. Math 1:23. For sure if we search for it, We will find it.
Remove doubt and believe. Doubt will throw you out of your objective. Satan will constantly bring doubt, Did God really tell you ? Gen 3:1. "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"Genesis 3:1. The minute you believe God is for you and he is on your side, You will be at peace. The minute you start beveling in him and his promises, You will start hearing what he is saying to you. Removing doubt will help a lot. Also writing a journal will help us remember what God has done for us. We have received so much from God however we have forgotten. Writing it down will help us all in remembering what we have received and in analyzing what we want.
Most importantly God is speaking through illumined scripture. Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.Joshua 1:8. I found my answer right now through this bible verse, did you? Going to church and listening to preachings will also help us hear the voice of God. So faith comes from hearing and hearing through the word of Christ. Romans 10: 17
“Samuel, Samuel,” he said unto Him, “Speak my Lord; Thy servant heareth Thy voice.” And God spoke to him the same words, which He had spoken to Eli the priest, concerning the evil, which his sons had done, and what He wished to do to the sons of Eli and the children of Israel. After this God commanded the prophet to anoint Saul, the son of Kish, king over the children of Israel. When Saul transgressed the
commandment of God, He commanded this prophet to anoint David, the son of Jesse,[over Israel]. And Samuel judged Israel for forty years and died in peace, and they celebrate his festival on the twenty-sixth day of the month of Sane, which is the day whereon God called Samuel, and commanded him to act. And this prophet prophesied ten hundred and thirty-five years before the Incarnation of our Lord. Salutation to Samuel who grew up in the Temple of God. Reference:- The book of the Saints of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
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