Presumptuous faith verses real faith
There is a great difference between hearing what one would assume it is God’s voice and knowing for sure it is Him. Many people have gotten deceived in this area. It is extremely important to recognize and discern who is speaking into your life or circumstance. There are many voices today speaking to us. Desperation can cause one to turn their ears in the wrong place allowing room for deception.
The primary way in which God speaks is through the Scriptures. It is the most consistent and accurate way to hear from Him. A prophet should only come to confirm what we know from studying God’s Word. Recognizing God’s voice is a result of one’s frequently spending time reading God’s Word and listening to the Holy Spirit.
The main benefits of hearing and recognizing the voice of God
When you learn to recognize God’s voice and obey it, you enter successfully into a special relationship with Him. People like Moses, Abraham, Joshua, Jesus and many others in the Bible were successful in their mission on the earth because they had a relationship with God their Heavenly Father.
Being in the presence of God equips us with fathomless blessings including unspeakable joy and heavenly peace. When you spend time with him, the fruit of the spirit becomes an outflow of that relationship, and when you go to the presence of God in the midst of rough times, he will go to work for you. I believe that every issue in a believer’s life can be resolved through developing an intimate and personal relationship with Jesus Christ. This intimate relationship causes an outflow of blessings in every area of one’s life.
Some of the benefits of intimacy includes
- Bearing the fruit of the spirit as in Galatians 5:22
- Healing as in 1 Peter 2:24 and Isaiah 53:5
- Answered prayers as in John 15:7, 2 Chronicles 7:14)
- Divine Protection as in Psalms 91:1…
- Divine Provision as in John 6:1-15
If we take time to recognize his voice and know who he is, he begins to transform us, change us, equip us, heal us, prosper us, provide wisdom and so much more. Why? because you can’t practice the art of being alone with God and come out the same. You can’t do it. Peace becomes an outflow of the time spent in his presence. Joy becomes an outflow. All good things will start to flow and outflow because it’s flowing out of your relationship with Him.
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