Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God
shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak
unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it. Deuteronomy 5:27
Up until now, there are people in the church who have this mindset of
the Israelites; they look to a gifted person who will hear from God,
and tell them what God is saying to them. But unknown to them, their
position in God is different from that of the Israelites who were under
an inferior covenant. This is an unhealthy practice because it sets some
in the body of Christ in a privileged position that is not consistent
with the New Testament teachings.
God desires to speak to all of His children, but sadly, not all of
His children are ready to hear Him speak to them, preferring, rather, to
be spoken to by those who they adjudge as spiritual. This is not to say
that God does not sometimes speak to His children through other people,
but this is not the norm. Jesus said in John chapter ten, "My sheep
hears My voice." By this Jesus made clear that, as the Shepherd, He
speaks to the hearing of His sheep; it is the responsibility of the
sheep to recognize the voice of the Shepherd and respond to Him. This is
only possible as the sheep delights to be in the presence of the
Shepherd. Outside of this delighting to be in the presence of the
Shepherd, no manner of intimacy can be cultivated, without intimacy, it
will be difficult recognizing the voice of the Shepherd.
Jesus ordained twelve apostles, that they might be with Him, and that
He might send them to represent Him in the affairs of the kingdom. We
can't fail to become familiar with the voice of the Shepherd when we
cultivate a delight for His presence.
I have on YouTube a series
on the subject of identifying the voice of God, if you can, visit our channel, Toniakose, to watch the videos.
Toni
