God's Voice

Ever since the beginning of time, the serpent has been creating doubt in believers minds about the voice of God. If we start in the beginning with Eve in the book of Genesis 3:1 it says, Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, You must not eat from any tree in the garden?" If we stop to reflect on our own lives it's easy to question whether we are hearing from the father or not. The devil would like nothing more than to bring confusion to us in regards to God's will for our lives. The Lord is constantly speaking, directing and guiding our lives. We must choose whom we are going to follow. The bible says in 1 Corinthians 14:33 "For God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints. It's imperative as believers that we focus on the truth. God's word will always direct our paths. If we know that the devil will come after our thoughts to try and bring confusion we need to use the sword in our defence. The bible says in 2 Corinthians 10:3-6 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete. That scripture says two things, we must protect our thoughts and we must learn to attack versus being on the defense. See Christ gives us the most powerful tool on earth, his written word! When we speak out the written word of God, mountains tremble and the earth shakes. When our father created the heavens and the earth he SPOKE the world into existence. Therefore, we have been given tremendous power to use the sword, the word of God. When Jesus was tempted by the devil, his response to each of his commands were, IT IS WRITTEN!!! If Jesus spoke the word to the devil, why do we not stand on the word of God with faith? Hebrews 4:12 says For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. God's word is alive, it is powerful and everlasting! When we question in our heart if we are hearing God's voice, open his word. John 1:1 says In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. When we speak the word into our situation, we actually speak God into the situation. We literally speak life when we speak the word of God!
So the next time you question are you hearing God's voice, stop and open his word!