Have You Heard God?

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 
—John 10:27 

 

Do you hear God? John 10:27 says if you know Him, you can hear His voice. Hearing God is the key to living in faith, victory, and peace. Hearing Him brings perseverance and success in every area of your life. 

“If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit” (John 15:7-8). 

Abiding in Him can be compared to a continuous meditation on His Word, which the Holy Spirit quickens to your spirit. When His Word is quickened in you, it is referred to as “hearing” or “revelation knowledge.”

“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God”(Romans 10:17).

When you have truly heard from God, faith will come alive. No matter what the circumstances might be, you will be alive to God’s will, you will have vision, peace and perseverance. There may be obstacles that once seemed impossible to overcome, but a word from God makes them look small. Nothing can stop you. That word has unlatched an overcoming faith in you.

We must come to a place where God's Word is so real to us that it is God speaking directly to us. When we have a need, we go to the Father through His Word. We do not consider what we sense or experience but rather the promise of God. His promise cannot fail. 

The Holy Spirit will lead you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; He will speak only what He hears from the Father (John 16:13). Believe His promise, speak His victory, and receive His provision. 

“God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill” (Numbers 23:19)?

 

Are You Hearing the Word in Your Heart?

My son, give attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart; for they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.
—Proverbs 4:20-22
 
 
This Scripture doesn’t say God’s words are “like” health to us. It says that His words “are” health to us. You may have a million dollars in a bank, but that money doesn’t benefit you if you never withdraw it. You may be told that life and healing are in the Word, but you won’t receive their benefit if you don’t find them.
 
When we give attention to His words, incline our hearing toward them, and keep His words in our hearts, we spiritually consume wholeness and health. When we fill our hearts and minds with the world’s darkness, anxiety, fear, and disdain, we spiritually consume depravity and loss. Many believe in healing, desire healing, and ask God for healing, but their hearts may not be open to receiving the healing God has spoken of. 
 
Look at this story of Paul preaching the Gospel in Galatia. 
 
“And in Lystra a certain man without strength in his feet was sitting, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who had never walked. This man heard Paul speaking. Paul, observing him intently and seeing that he had faith to be healed, said with a loud voice, ‘Stand up straight on your feet!’ And he leaped and walked” (Acts 14:8-10).
 
Paul was preaching the Gospel and most likely wasn’t even preaching on healing. Yet, this man “heard” healing! It only took the Gospel! It only took God’s words! The Gospel IS the power of God (Romans 1:16)! What the cripple man heard reached his heart, and faith was ignited. This became evident to Paul, and the lame man was healed by “hearing” his healing in his heart.

“Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?” Paul asked (Galatians 3:5).
 
Have you heard God’s words? Not just with your physical ears, but spiritually with your heart? They are life and healing to all who find them. They must first be discovered spiritually before they can become your physical reality. You are changed by the hearing of the Word from the inside out.
 
Meditate on Psalm 107:20: “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions” (Psalms 107:20).
 
Don’t just read this verse and go on. Don’t just accept the obvious and not be open to what the Spirit wishes to reveal to your heart. Come hungry to the Word. Contemplate and consider each word in the verse. Don’t give up and say it is not working. The Word is alive and active and always working. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal His thoughts. He wants you to find them. Allow His thoughts to paint a picture in your mind. Dwell on it, envision it, anticipate it, and believe it in your heart. 
 
God’s Word never fails. Your healing and deliverance are in Jesus, the Word. Your healing is in Him. God sent Jesus with the purpose to heal and deliver you. He loved you that much. His revelations for your life are in His Word. Have you heard His Word in your heart? Are you hearing it each day? His Word for you is new every morning. Great is His faithfulness! (Lamentations 3:22-23).

Listen With Your Heart

 
We all have questions about our health, finances, relationships, and other issues in life. Some believers seek God for advice, and others ask a friend or someone else. Advice from even a godly friend is not the same as hearing from the Lord. When you hear from the Lord, His Words stir your faith. He speaks directly to your heart and not through someone else’s spiritual, mental, and emotional understanding. You will always lack if you continually seek someone other than God to guide you. Abundant life cannot come to you through someone else’s spiritual guidance. You were created to hear God for yourself. 
 
“It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God’” (Matthew 4:4).
 
God created you to live by His Word. 
 
The Word of God is not just a book; it is Spirit and life (John 6:63), and the only source of abundant life, health, peace, and purpose. Until we hear God for ourselves, we will never receive the abundant life God has planned for us. Advice might be necessary for a new believer, but spiritual advice from someone else is not meant to be our spiritual food forever. We were created to feast on the living Word of God. If we commit ourselves to hearing His still, small voice, we will avoid many mistakes and the resulting issues they bring. 
 
God created us with the ability to hear Him. 
 
“Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live” (Isaiah 55:3).
 
God is always speaking to us. He speaks through His written Word (John 20:31, 2 Corinthians 4:13). He speaks by the Holy Spirit to our spirit (Romans 8:16), and He speaks through the preaching of the Gospel (Acts 2:36-38). 
 
“My son,” God speaks, “give attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart, for they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh” (Proverbs 4:20-22).
 
If you were asked, “What is God saying to you,” could you answer? 

You cannot have faith and God’s wisdom without hearing from Him. When left to your own limited knowledge and ability, you will ultimately fail. We have all made bad decisions when left to our own resources. 
 
Faith has only one source.
 
“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17)
 
If you aren’t hearing God’s still, small voice or His Word isn’t stirring your heart, the time has come to redirect your life. It is time to focus on His Word, seek Him in His Word, and expect to hear Him in your heart. That is abundant life.
 
If you wish Him above all else—if you desire His abundant life of health, peace, and purpose, incline your ear to Him and feast on His Word. 
 
“Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart” (Jeremiah 15:16).