Podcast: Recognizing God’s Voice

Listen to the podcast from Sunday, May 23rd by scrolling down; it’s located beneath the notes!

Recognizing God’s Voice

Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Saviour and my God.

By day the LORD directs his love,
at night his song is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life.  ~ Psalm 42: 5-6a, 8 ~

Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord.  ~ Ephesians 5:10 ~

So be careful how you live, not as fools but as those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity for doing good in these days. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but try to understand what the Lord wants you to do. Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life, instead, let the Holy Spirit fill and control you.  ~ Ephesians 5:15-19 ~

How to Recognize God’s Voice

- God’s voice always agrees with scripture – not necessarily your interpretation  (Acts 10)

- God’s voice may contradict friends’ opinions (Acts 21:10-12, 20:22-23)

- God’s voice has a consistent character – does not nag or whine or argue (Rev 12:10)

- God’s voice bears good fruit, if adhered to (Gal 5:22-23)

- God’s voice is different than our voice  (Isaiah 55:8-9)

- God’s voice is easy to reject – starts with his basic words (Luke 6)

Are you a Mary or a Martha?

As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what he taught. But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, doesn’t it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come and help me.”  But the Lord said to her, “My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her.  ~ Luke 10:38-42 ~

We Recognize the Voice of Our Friends…

…so if God is a friend, we should be able to recognize His voice too!

I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you my friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.  ~ John 15:15 ~

Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.  ~ John 14:21 ~

Written by Erick Cardoza

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