STUDY XII. THE WORD OF GOD

 

Then a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My Beloved Son, My Chosen One; LISTEN TO HIM!” Lk 9:35

The voice coming from heaven tells us to listen to Jesus. 

God is always speaking to those who have ears to listen. Mark 7:16. Many people have mouths to pray to God but don't have ears to hear Him.

Many complain that God does not speak to them instead of taking the blame for not having time to listen to God.

Many even seek to hear God second-hand from others instead of going to God themselves to hear Him. You don't need any prophet or pastor for you to hear God. They cannot tell you what God's will for your life is. We are in a dispensation where God is our Father, and we are His children and He wants each of us, even the newest believer to have a direct connection to Christ not through others. Gal 4:6, Rom 8:15The work of the five fold ministry is to equip believers and feeding them with the word of God. Jer 3:15, Ezek 34:23. Eph 4:11-12

God in numerous times says to His children, listen to me. Listen to me. Isaiah 46:3, 48:1, 51:1, 55:2, 66:5.

Listening to the word of God is primary in our walk with God. It's more important than all the services and sacrifices we can do for Him. 1Sam 15:22, Luke 10:41-43. 

God wants to speak to you first hand as a Father speaks to His child and as a child listens to the Father, so the Lord wants you to learn to listen to Him always. Not once in a week but everyday and every moment even in your busyness; Your ear must always be open to hear His voice.

It's possible to read the bible and not hear God. 2Cor 3:6. Your heart and mind must be open to the Spirit of God as you read the scriptures to make it real to you.

As we walk, when we there are dangers ahead, God always warns us if we are willing to hear Him. When we are at crossroads, He tells us which direction to take. Isaiah 30:20-21. 

If God speaks to you and you don't listen, you can become dull of hearing and cease to hear His voice. _Heb 5:11_ . 

If God tells you to do something and you fail to obey, your spiritual ears becomes a little bit deaf, if you disobey some other time, deafness increases and you can be completely deaf and blind to the voice of God.

Never rely on your past experiences. God may have been using you and speaking to you sometimes back but today you may have departed from His. It's not God who leaves us but it's us who leave Him and follow our own way. _2Chron 29:6, Jer 2:17_ 

If you are sincere and honest, even if you are failing, God will never leave you, but if you are a hypocrite and proud, God will hide His face from you.

Learn to listen to God's voice. 

Value fellowship with God more that any service or offering or sacrifices you can give to Him.

Let your inner ears always to hear a word from God in everything circumstance or situation that we face. 

Don't walk blindly along life's narrow way. Learn to listen to God all the time. Never be too busy to listen to God's voice 

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@ _Blessed Mshindi Mambo_