Hey there warriors… Welcome to the Power of God's Whisper podcast. Today we're going to talk about the ways in which God speaks to us. You know, throughout history, God has spoken to many people, prophets, and messengers. And when we read their words, we can see that they all have their unique styles and personalities.
Ezekiel's prophecies sound like Ezekiel, Jeremiah's sound like Jeremiah, and Paul's letters sound like Paul's. They all heard God's voice and expressed it through their own individuality. It was God's voice through their voices, an intersection of the human and the divine.
But the way God speaks to us today is not much different.
We may expect Him to sound like a deep-voiced narrator with a Shakespearean accent, but that's not His style. His voice comes bubbling up through our own inner thoughts, and we may discount it as our own self-talk. Rarely do we remember that the Spirit flows from within us. He is not coming from the outside as an objective experience to be measured.
Instead, He has infiltrated our minds and hearts and transformed them, and He speaks subjectively through them. As with the prophets of old, He sounds a lot like the person through whom He is speaking.
Our rational minds may have trouble with this experience. We're apt to say that the voice sounds like us because it is us. But apart from burning bushes and open visions, this is how God normally speaks.
Our job is to discern which impulses within us are Spirit-inspired and which are not. Is that subjective? Of course. But all relationships are. We all communicate through filters of perceptions and feelings and past experiences. If we are to relate to God at all, it will have to be through a subjective conversation and intuitive perception of His Spirit.
And we will have to trust the God who lives deep within us to speak to us there.
So, if you're struggling to hear God's voice in your life, take heart. He's not distant, He's not silent. He's closer than you think, and He's always speaking.
So listen closely, discern the Spirit, and trust that the voice you're hearing is not just yours, but God's, bubbling up from deep within you. Thanks for tuning in to the Power of God's Whisper podcast.
Let’s Pray…Lord, speak to my thoughts. Let me know which ones are Yours. Help me to discern the deep impulses of my heart that come from You - and to believe them.
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