Hearing God's Voice

2 Samuel 22:14

The Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered His voice.



The Bible makes is very clear that God speaks. I know that sometimes when I say to people that God spoke to me, they look at me like I am crazy. I believe that God does communicate with His people. No, I have never heard God audibly, but God speaks by His Word through the Holy Spirit, God speaks through others through the Holy Spirit, and God speaks through circumstances through the Holy Spirit. But the bottom line is God does speak.



Psalm 29:3-4

The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.



God speaks with power. Creation was done by God speaking. The power of God’s voice accomplished creating all that was created.



Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is experiencing the power of God as He speaks.



Numbers 8:3-4

Aaron did just that. He installed the lamps so they threw light in front of the Lampstand, as God instructed Moses. The Lampstand was made of hammered gold from its stem to its petals. It was made precisely to the design God had shown Moses.



God speaks precisely. What God says is clear and understandable.



Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is hearing God’s voice and knowing it is God and understanding what He says.  



Hebrews 4:12

For the Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.



God speaks in a penetrating manner.



God does not speak just to speak; He speaks with purpose. God speaks to transform people’s lives.



Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is allowing God’s word to change our lives.



How do we respond when God speaks?



Luke 1:38

And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.”



We respond in obedience



Genesis 6:22

Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.



We respond in trust.



James 4:7

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.



We respond in surrender.



1 Peter 5:6-7

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time He may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you.



We respond in humility.



Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls is responding in obedience when God speaks to us, fully trusting Him and surrendering in humility to His will.



Hebrews 3:7-8 encourages us that, when we hear God’s voice, we do not harden our hearts. God will never tell us something that is not true or that is not the best for us. So, trust God, hear His voice and obey all that He tells us. When we do that, we will experience the full blessings of God.



Hearing God’s Voice and Raising the Roof and Removing the Walls,

                                             Joe