“MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE”

There’re two things we need to know about the voice of God.

Firstly, Hearing from God is not difficult. It is the Father’s good pleasure that we do His will, so He’s not going to obfuscate and mystify His ways. God is always talking to His children. You have more to worry about not hearing correctly than about not hearing AT ALL.

Secondly, Obeying God’s voice isn’t hard. This may sound contrary to our religious thinking, but 1Jn 5:3 says, “This is the love of God, that we keep His commandments: and His commandments are not grievous.”

The word, “grievous” there means burdensome, hard to follow or irksome. It is misleading for us to teach that doing God’s will is going to be demanding. If you’re a child of God, doing your Father’s will should not come across to you as ‘difficult’. The Psalmist declares, “I will delight myself in your commandments, which I have loved.” (Ps 119:47) And our Lord said, “My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.” (Mt 11:30).

Many young Believers are afraid of praying to God about marriage because they’re afraid He’ll ask them to marry “that smelly brother that sleeps in Church”, or “that ‘spiritual’ sister that doesn’t talk to anybody”. Men are afraid to ask God to use them because they’re afraid He’ll tell them to “sell all you have and move your family to Zheng'anpu, northern China for missionary work.”

Again, this perception of God’s will is quite misleading.

Jesus told His disciples, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, whatsoever you shall ask the Father in My name, He will give it to you... For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.” (Jn 16:23,27)

The Father loves you and has your interest in mind. He’s not out to harm or cause you pain for the sake of it. Ask Him for His will in your life today, and be rest assured that He’ll answer. The heavens may not immediately split open while a bodiless hand spells out the instructions for you; you may not fall into a vision and see the woman you are meant to marry; But as long as you stay in faith, keep studying the word and stay around with God’s people, you’ll surely get to know what to do. It could be from a sermon, a conversation, a revelational insight... or even from next week’s “The Word For Today”. J

Whatever it is, “Fear not; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” (Lk 12:32)

AMEN.

More Blessings await you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus’ Name.

GREG ELKAN