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Good morning, CHURCH!
(Opening joke)
Isn’t it amazing how a man and a woman get so excited to get married?
They have a wonderful wedding and even a romantic honeymoon.
This particular couple had enjoyed all of the former and now they were back home to get started with their new life together.
The very first morning back home together as husband and wife, they started arguing over who should make the coffee.
Being a good Christian woman, the wife went to the scriptures for her answer.
She came back to him and said that the Bible specifically stated that the husband should be the one to make the coffee.
He said woman please!
The Bible says no such thing.
She argued that it really does.
With a puzzled look on his face, the husband asked her where in the Bible it said that.
Very confidently, the wife opened up her Bible and said: “It’s right here.
You see it says,
HE-BREWS.”
Are you ready to be equipped today?
Let me see your Bibles.
Let’s go to the book of John 10:27-28 ESV for this week’s wisdom Vaccination.
This Week’s Wisdom Vaccination
John 10:27-28 ESV
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
Theologians often speak of the general and specific will of God.
General voice of God and the specific voice of God.
When we have those big decisions in our life, we want to hear a specific word from God.
(Should I make a career shift, should I invest this money, what college should I attend, should I marry this person etc.)
Wouldn’t it be great to get God’s direction on every major decision we face?
The problem is that we often don’t prioritize hearing the general word from God regularly, which makes it difficult to hear that specific word when we need it.
When I met my wife caller ID wasn’t regular.
It’s the same way with hearing God speak.
The title of today’s message is:
When He Speaks
When God speaks things happen.
When God speaks what he says comes to pass.
(Genesis 1 God said Let there be...)
I believe that if I asked, “Do you value hearing from God?” Most of you would say absolutely.
But if we looked at your daily schedule.
Some value Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBO Max and so on more than they value hearing from God.
And I don’t even think that it’s intentional for most believers, but we just allow ourselves to get so busy and so caught up with our day that we often forget or put it away for later and later usually never comes.
One of the best things about being a Christian is that the God who created it all wants to talk with you.
This wasn’t always available.
1 Samuel 3:1 ESV
Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli.
And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.
The word of the Lord was rare in those days.
(Yaw-kawr) it means precious, highly valued!
Do you value hearing God speak?
I’m going to have two parts to my message today.
First, I want to talk about what happens when God speaks and how that is a benefit to us as his children.
Then I’ll talk about some practical ways to train yourself to hear from God.
So, I’ll talk about what happens when he speaks and how to hear him.
Part 1
When God speaks the Universe listens.
E.F.
Hutton talks people listen.
Have you ever been in a tight spot?
It seems as if your back is against the wall.
Nowhere else to turn.
If God doesn’t come thru, you’re finished.
In 2 Chronicles 20, there are three armies that have surrounded Judah and Jerusalem.
Jehoshaphat prayed to the Lord, and this is what God spoke.
2 Chronicles 20:15-17 ESV
And he said, “Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says the Lord to you, ‘Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed at this great horde, for the battle is not yours but God's.
16 Tomorrow go down against them.
Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz.
You will find them at the end of the valley, east of the wilderness of Jeruel.
17 You will not need to fight in this battle.
Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the Lord on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’
Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed.
Tomorrow go out against them, and the Lord will be with you.”
2 Chronicles 20:21-24 ESV
And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to the Lord and praise him in holy attire, as they went before the army, and say,
“Give thanks to the Lord,
for his steadfast love endures forever.”
Instead of going into battle as they usually would, now that they have a specific word from the Lord, they are going to worship God and let him win the battle for them.
22 And when they began to sing and praise, the Lord set an ambush against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah, so that they were routed.
23 For the men of Ammon and Moab rose against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction, and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they all helped to destroy one another.
24 When Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, they looked toward the horde, and behold, there were dead bodies lying on the ground; none had escaped.
If you find yourself in trouble right now or if it happens in the future, don’t loose hope, just get a word from God.
Psalm 46:10 ESV
“Be still and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!”
Is it possible that you don’t know that he is God in certain areas of your life because you haven’t been still to hear him?
Sometimes we fight battles that we don’t even have to.
Jeremiah 33:3 ESV
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
Romans 10:17 ESV
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Often times God will have you do something that seems a little ridiculous.
It takes faith to not fight in a battle your facing because you’ve heard from God.
And that faith comes from hearing.
Anyone of us would do what God said if we heard an audible voice.
But God doesn’t usually speak audibly so we need to get used to hearing him speak so that we know that we know that we know it is him speaking to us.
Now that we agree that we need to hear him, how do we learn the skill of hearing God speak?
Part 2
Schedule A Meeting
Do any of you get these emails like I do from maybe a dentist or eye doctor that says, it’s time to schedule an appointment.
Exodus 19:10-11 ESV
the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow and let them wash their garments 11 and be ready for the third day.
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