Tuesday

PRaP 2/26/08

 

“HURRY UP, no, wait”

 

The loud voice says to hurry and the soft one says wait.  Can you tell which one you should be listening to?  Surely I am not the only one that jumps at the loud voice?  In the Old Testament we read over and over about God’s voice and how it sounded to the people.  At times when God spoke people thought it was thunder because it was loud.

 

Deuteronomy 4:12
Then the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form; there was only a voice.

Deuteronomy 4:36
From heaven he made you hear his voice to discipline you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire.

Deuteronomy 5:23
When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the leading men of your tribes and your elders came to me.

Ezekiel 1:25
Then there came a voice from above the expanse over their heads as they stood with lowered wings.

Matthew 3:17
And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."

 

The voice of God is the voice of Love.  He will not tell you to harm yourself or anyone else.  The voice that tells you to HURRY is not likely the voice of God unless you are in a place that you will be hurt.  The voice that tells you to wait is likely the voice of God especially when it comes to matters of the heart.  When you hear God’s voice it will be very distinct and will not be confusing because confusion is not of God.  It will be clear and precise and there will be no doubt about what was said.  You will have peace and you will know that you know that you know it was Him who speaks only truth.  For most His voice is very small so you have to listen very closely and you have to be still and know that He is God.  For others it is like He is sitting there with you in the room right next to you.  You can always rest assured that the voice of satan will be full of one thing and one thing only and that is lies.  You having trouble determining if what you heard is the truth then look for it in His Word and if it is in line with the final authority then you can be assured that it is from God, even if it isn’t what you wanted to hear because believe it or not God does say no.  We as children have a hard time with that word.  We don’t want anyone to tell us no.  But out of His Perfect Love He does say no.

 

Deuteronomy 5

 

Key Verse:

 

Deuteronomy 5:23
When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the leading men of your tribes and your elders came to me.
Deuteronomy 5:22-24 (in Context) Deuteronomy 5 (Whole Chapter)

 

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