EPISODE 645 – HEARING GOD’S VOICE 6 – How Do I Hear God’s Voice? 1

HEARING GOD’S VOICE 6 –

How Do I Hear God’s Voice? 1

“I will hear what God the LORD will speak, For He will speak peace To His people and to His saints; But let them not turn back to folly” 

Psalm 85:8 (NKJV)

Through this new devotional series on this Machaira with Apostle Bennie platform, I have answered a number of questions such as:

1. Is there really a voice of God or it’s a mere human hypothesis?

2. Does God speak to all men (the good people and the evil people, believers and unbelievers)?

3. Why does God speak to men? What is the drive or intention of His speaking?

4. Does God still speak to Christians/believers apart from the canonized Bible?

Now we move on to address the most asked question:

How do I hear the Voice of God?

Knowing how to hear the voice of God will help you follow the direction of the Lord, in this noisy pluralistic–postmodern world.

To fully know how to hear God’s voice, you must understand how God speaks.
When you know and understand how God speaks you won’t have doubts when you hear Him speak to you. When you also know how God speaks you will know the voice of God when you hear His speaking.

Before the revelation of Jesus, God spoke in different ways or mediums to His people and even to all men.

“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son…” Hebrews 1:1-2 (KJV)

From yesterday’s episode, I explained how everything God says to you now must be consistent with the scriptures (the Bible, which is the Word of God).

Before Christ was revealed, God spoke to the Fathers mainly through the Prophets. And these Prophets and some of the fathers also received a message from the Lord through:

1. His creation.
“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.” Psalms 19:1-2 (KJV) See also: Romans 1:18-20.

2. Dreams and Visions 
(1 Kings 3:5; Matthew 2:13; Genesis 15:1; Acts 9:10; Acts 10:1-6)

3. Angels 
( Luke 1:19; 26-38)

The scriptures reveal that God also spoke audibly or in a loud voice. Such speaking was described as the sound of thunder (Job 37:4-5; ), a trumpet (Revelation 4:1) or even a noise of many waters (Ezekiel 43:2).

During Paul’s conversion, the people that were with him heard only a sound but Paul heard the Lord’s voice (Acts 9:4,7).

The Lord also spoke in a still small voice.

Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. So it was, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 1 Kings 19:11-13 (NKJV)

Though God still communicates or speaks through His angels, created things, dreams, and visions in these times, He ultimately speaks through His word.

Some people are in search of an angelic encounter, a trance or a mystical prophetic vision before they know the Lord is talking to them. Some look out for signs before they respond to the instructions of the Lord just as Gideon did (Judges 6:33-40).