My Sheep hear My Voice and I know them, and they follow Me:    ( John 10:27 KJV)

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God speaks to all of His children, but not all of His children can necessarily HEAR His voice.

Some of us develop a fervent desire to know Him better, and develop a higher hunger than the rest in search of His character, and to know Him intimately. To hear His voice is to be blessed beyond measure, and there are so many ways in which to hear our Father’s voice.

The Lord has used various ways in the Bible to get His children’s attention, and to make an impact in what He needed to say.  Our Father is amazing and creative in how he communicates with us.  He’s used many ways to get His message across.  With Daniel He spoke to Him through visions, with Balaam through a donkey, with Peter an example by a rooster…and with Moses out of burning bush.  He is a God who has consistently said, “Listen for my voice”

Sometimes if we’re too busy the world can congest our hearing capacity.  Silence is when I personally hear Him the loudest when I remove myself from the congestion of the “world” and break communication with the outside and listen from the inside out for the voice of God.

You know a friend gave a great example about God’s voice. She said she had a birthday party for her son and invited twenty children to the function. While she was inside making preparations to bring out the goodies the children were talking and laughing. At one point they were all speaking and laughing at the same time, but she clearly heard her son’s voice above all the others.  She was able to discern her own child’s voice because of the bond and connection.

With God, it’s the same thing. When we have the ultimate bond and search and seek to know Him, not just His word, but truly know Him, we’ll be able to hear His word, and His voice. No question about it. We’ll be able to hear Him above the roar of a crowd,  through chaotic surroundings, and beyond any circumstance in the foreseeable future.  Like the mother with her son, a connection and bond exists so she was able to hear her son’s voice.  So, too will we be able to hear Father’s voice when we bond and connect with Him and His character and get to know Him.

There are people who put their time and effort into getting to know “a friend” or a “colleague” and take the time to coordinate a date of mutal convenience. They’ll set aside a special time and date to understand or get to know this person better, or just to spend time with them to have a good time.  My question is: Shouldn’t we do this for God?  How much more important is our Father, our Abba Father who has created us, and loves us beyond all measure.

His voice is everywhere.  His Spirit is within and His light shines forth as we go through each day. His voice is in His Bible, He speaks to us there, He warns us, guides us, instructs us, and gives practical knowledge in which we are to implement daily.

His voice speaks to us when we know that something is “ultimately wrong” that we shouldn’t go forward with a  decision that previously sounded like the thing to do.  It’s that gentle urging that calls us and alerts us to “the danger” of a situation, it’s the discerning aspects of our everyday promptings.

His voice is encased in our heart and our mind as we sit in silence meditating. It’s His voice that will speak and quicken a word that suggests we “explore” and wait to see what His next word will be.

His voice is in our hearts, and His love surrounds us fully and completely, that’s His voice as well.

Get to know Him, take the time to sit with your Father. Enjoy His company, and drink in His essence…receive Him and know Him fully.  And, one day…like the mother with her son, you’ll hear His voice above the roar of a crowd, the same way you’ll hear it in the silence of your room…

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The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
The God of glory thunders;
The Lord is over many waters.  (Psalms 29:3 )

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The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth,
And strips the forests bare;
And in His temple everyone says, “Glory!” (Psalms 29:9)

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When you are in distress, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, when you turn to the Lord your God and obey His voice  ( Deuteronomy 4: 30)

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only if you carefully obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe with care all these commandments which I command you today. ( Deuteronomy 15: 5)

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Today you have proclaimed the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and that you will obey His voice.  ( Deuteronomy 26: 17)

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But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’   ( Jeremiah 7:23)

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