Hearing God

In the beginning, after God created man and woman, He spoke with them and walked

around in the garden looking for them. There was fellowship there, because God knew

His people whom He had created and they knew Him.

There was intimacy there that has been lost through the fall.

• How does one regain that intimacy with God?

• How do we know if we’re hearing from Him?

Let’s look at the following passage from John to see what Jesus said about hearing His

voice. 

John 10:1-6“I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his sheep. The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” Jesus used this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them. 

·        Jesus said that those who know Him know His voice and recognize when He’s speaking to them. But they also recognize when someone else is speaking to them and will not follow that voice.

·        Jesus is our One True Shepherd who looks out for us. He desires for us to know Him intimately, so He speaks to us continuously. In the next few blogs I want us to  learn about the different ways God speaks to His children, what we can do to hear Him better, and what things we might be doing that will prevent us from hearing Him clearly.

Have a great day and listen for His voice He is speaking

John

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