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It is clear from the Scripture that God speaks to us.
Yet it says man does not recognize he is speaking.
This is the word of God.
Though there are many people that say they hear God speaking to them, the Bible says the majority don’t know his voice.
That means many that think they are hearing from God, are really hearing from someone else.
Today, for all of those who want to know, I’m going to show you how you can come to recognize the real voice of God, and have a conversation with him.
I will repeat that again:
Today, for all of those who want to know, I’m going to show you how you can come to recognize the real voice of God, and have a conversation with him.
I know many of you are saying, you talk to God every day.
I am sure that is true many of you do.
But, I am not talking about just talking toGod.
I am talking about talking with God.
I am talking about having a conversation with God.
There is a difference!
I know many of you pray every day, and many of you pray to God, but many don’t wait to hear what God has to say.
Even if he did talk with them, they would not recognize it was him speaking to them.
That is what Job 33:14 tells us.
Man does not perceive it is God speaking.
Why?
Because most men don’t know his voice.
God wants to talk with you and not just listen to you just babble on and on, and on and on, and then go on your way.
Jesus said
In other words, don’t do all the talking!
This message is for those who want to know how to talk withGod; not just talk to God.
If you want to know how to talk with God, I am about to show you how to recognize his voice.
All you need to do is pay attention.
I don’t show you my opinion, I show you the word of God.
First of all, realize that God is always speaking.
Jesus himself even said we may not hear him.
Notice he tells us that we must first hear his voice and then welcome him into our lives.
Then when we hear him and welcome him, he will come in and sit, eat and talk with us.
This is an open invitation to all.
But as Job tells us, we may not hear his voice.
Even though he is always speaking.
This is our problem.
Though God is speaking, so many of us don’t know his voice to hear him speaking.
Again, I say: This, is, the problem!
Though God is speaking, too many of us, just don’t know his voice to know it is him who is speaking!
And a third time I say it: The problem is, though God is always speaking to us, too many of us don’t recognize/perceive it is him who is speaking.
Now listen, if you want to know how to talk with God, not just talk to God, can you restate the problem in your own mind as I just said it?
Say it.
God is always speaking but Many Don’t Perceive It Is him!
That is the problem!
Many of us have an acquaintance with God but not a relationship with him to know His Voice!
Many of us know of God but too few of us actually know God!
Many of us don’t know God because we don’t take the time to know him.
We want everything done quick and in a hurry.
God does not value time the same way we do.
He is not concerned about how much time you spend trying to find him.
In fact, he wants you to spend time to try to find him.
He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.
Today, again I am going to show you how you can recognize his voice and have a conversation with him.
It is very simple how you come to know his voice: Close your eyes and listen for moment to the next voice you hear.
Tell me who it is.
Ready?
Now listen to the voice.
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Someone is speaking to you right now and they are asking you do you know the voice you are hearing?
Do you know whose voice it is that you are hearing speak to you with the mike right now?
Open your eyes:
That should have been easy for you.
Whose voice were you listening to?
Did you know it was me who was talking?
How many of you knew it was me?
Of course, you did! Why?
You have heard me speak time and time again and you know my voice.
You know my voice because you have been listening to me.
How many of you even with your eyes close, would recognize your best friends voice if they spoke to you?
Why would you know them when you couldn’t see them?
You know the sound of their voice.
The same is true with God.
If you spend time with him, you will come to know his voice and when he calls your name you will listen!
The more you hear his voice, the more you know his voice.
When you start to spend time with God, you will know his voice from all of the many voices that are speaking around you.
How do you spend time with God?
You come to know the voice of God when you spend time in the word of God.
This requires time and effort that’s why we are told time and time throughout the Bible to seek the Lord while he may be found.
Now, we understand that God is speaking at all times, but we don’t recognize him because we have not come to distinguish his voice from all of the many voices and sounds that are coming at us.
Here is how we can fix that.
Spend time in his word!
Learning to Know God’s Voice
There are many voices that are speaking to us every day.
We have to learn to know God’s voice and distinguish his from all of the many voices we hear.
To learn this lesson, we are going to turn to the book of Psalms.
This is the book of prayers.
The psalmist has many conversations with God.
There are times when the Psalmist speaks, and there are times when God speaks back to the psalmist.
The Psalms are written to help us to know how to converse with God.
Let us begin with the first Psalms.
This is not a prayer, but it is the instruction and an introduction to all of the Psalms.
It tells us the key to knowing God’s voice and being able to talk with him.
I will say it one more time.
The first Psalm is the key to knowing God’s voice and being able to talk with him and not just talk at him.
To come to know the voice of God, the psalmist tells us a person must separate himself from three types of people.
Then he tells us who we should seek to have time with and the results of doing so;
Now let us break this down
We are first told to separate ourselves from three types of people if we are going to be able to hear the voice of God.
1) the voices of the wicked,
2) those that are sinners, and
3) those that are complainers.
The wicked are those that we know are just plain evil.
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