Hearing God's Voice

HEARING GOD’S VOICE

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Habakkuk 2:1-3 New Living Translation (NLT)

2 I will climb up to my watchtower

   and stand at my guardpost.

There I will wait to see what the Lord says

   and how he[a] will answer my complaint.

The Lord’s Second Reply

2 Then the Lord said to me,

“Write my answer plainly on tablets,

   so that a runner can carry the correct message to others.

3 This vision is for a future time.

   It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled.

If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently,

   for it will surely take place.

   It will not be delayed.

O. Hearing God’s voice. Like Habakkuk, we can take a posture before God that enables us to hear His voice.

1.)Meet with the Lord regularly in a special place/time of prayer “climb the watchtower.”

2) Look for God to speak to you in dreams and visions (“There I will wait to see”)

3) Listen for the word of the Lord (“He will answer”)

4) Keep a journal of things that God says (“write my answer plainly”)

5) Wait for God to bring it to pass (“it will  surely take place”)(

A. I will continue to pray with expectation, read, listen, journal and wait so that I might more clearly discern God’s direction for me.

P. Thank you Father for this word. Grant me the wisdom to develop this discipline of hearing your voice so that it will not only produce fruit in my life, but so that others can be enriched as well. In Jesus name!

B.O.W. Will Bring Success in Resisting the Devil - 1 Peter 5:8-9

S. Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the Devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith..."

O.  We are warned how the Devil walks or roams around about like a lion. When lions hunt, they look for weak, young, isolated, unguarded animals. they are the ones marked for attack. The Devil's ultimate agenda is to destroy us, not merely to hurt, maim, or discourage, but to devour and destroy us (John 10:10). He does that when he gets us to bow to circumstances, pressures, or forces of his evil design, hoping thereby to make us yield to him.

A. To overcome, adopt a reverse: B.O.W. to Jesus the One you Believe, Obey, and Worship. He overcame, refusing to bow to Satan's devices (Matthew 4), and our growth in Him will bring the same ability to resist or stand against the Devil (1 Peter 5:9). Be clothed in the full armor of God: be armed with the Word of God (Eph. 6), believe in Him (Heb. 11:6), obey him (1 John 3:24), and worship Him (John 4:23). Receive Christ's overcoming victory.

P.  Thank you Father for this word today. I believe, obey and worship you. I pray for growth and strength from an infusion of the Holy Spirit daily filling me to bring to greater realization the victory that you have for me. In Jesus name!

***today's blog was a cool teaching by Dr. Jack Hayford found in the New Spirit Filled Life Bible, [age 1651.