Discerning God's voice is hard for many of His Children. There are two main reason's why a child does not recognize their Father's voice. One is that they have not read enough of God's Word with understanding to see "how, why, and when" God speaks. If you know your best friend, you have spent years of hearing him or her talk. You know their favorite catch phrases. You know their tone in which they most likely speak, whether it is sarcasm, heartfelt, goofy, straight, angry, cheerful, or forceful. You can pick their voice out in a crowded room. If someone came to you and said that they spoke a word, you would know if it came from your best friend or not, based on their character. This is why it is so important to study the scriptures. We gain the benefit of learning how our Father speaks, what is in His Character, and how He deals with His children directly.
The other reason why the Children of God cannot discern His voice is due to distractions. Many do not understand that God loves to talk to His children daily, but we do not take the time to listen. How many times in our own lives did we have wise counsel from a parent, family member, or friend and we ignored it based on our own motives or self knowledge. God wishes that all His sheep know His voice and will not answer to any other Shepperd. "But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers", (John 10:2-5).
God's children should know with everything in their body, that He does not speak in a Spirit of Fear. When we feel fear, that is not God's voice. Does God warn us about troubles and certain roads not to travel down, of course He does, but it's with a caring and peaceful voice!!! We are to fear God, not with the same fear that the enemy evokes, but this fear is actually respect. We are to respect God our Father with a reverence for His Holiness. When you hear that voice and it is evoking fear or takes you back to a dark place in your life that brings fear, that is the voice of the enemy. God tells his children well over a hundred times in the bible to "Take Courage" or "Fear Not"!!! Our Father is not double minded. We are to know our Father's voice and to know that He gives us a Spirit of Power, Love, and a Sound Mind (Strength) as we see below. Today, listen to you Daddy's voice and hear the Goodness of His Will, Fear Not!!! Be Encouraged!!! Have a wonderful life of living free from the Spirit of Fear on purpose!!!!!
2 Timothy 1
3 I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day, 4 greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy, 5 when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also. 6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
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