Recognizing God's Voice Clearly
Recognizing God's Voice Clearly
Recognizing God's Voice Clearly
The focus word for today is ‘Spiritual Discernment’.
Focus verse for today is 1 Corinthians 2:10 says, ‘these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God’
The declaration for today is ‘The Holy Spirit grants me discernment; I see beyond appearances and recognize God’s will.’
Discernment Is Seeing Things As God Sees Them
Spiritual discernment is essentially seeing things through God’s eyes rather than from our understanding and assumptions. Many people see events that take place before, discernment says what happens behind the events. Many people hear words, but discernment understands the Spirit before the words. Derek Prince once said ‘Behind every voice there is a person’.
When Samuel saw Jesse’s sons, he was impressed with all 7 of them. They were well built and handsome and Samuel was impressed at the first sight of them. But God looked deeper. He chose David, the shepherd boy, who was thin, not good-looking in the world's eyes.
1 Samuel 16:7 says, ‘ But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”’
The world looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart.
John 7:24 says, ‘Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”’
I have often had conversations with people who judge others based on their attire to church. Believers tend to question how and why the Holy Spirit would reveal to such people. I have also seen well dressed believers who are cold at heart, not open to the anointing of the Spirit and come to church in perfect appearance. They claim holiness and purity. I have seen the former being touched by the Spirit and speaking in tongues and the latter standing as mere spectators to God’s glory. God looks at the heart, not what our appearances are.
Proverbs 3:21 says, ‘My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight, preserve sound judgment and discretion;’
Spiritual maturity begins when we stop evaluating life, purely based on what we see with our eyes. It is when we start seeing through God’s eyes that our spiritual maturity begins.
Discernment Comes Through Intimacy With The Holy Spirit
Paul says, the Spirit searches the ‘deep things’ of God. The Holy Spirit is the world’s deepest and biggest search engine. His eyes search for everything in this world. The Holy Spirit scans and surveys everything that happens in this world.
Hebrews 4:13 says, ‘Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.’
Nothing is hidden from God, to him everything lays bare. The Holy Spirit knows God's mind, God’s ways, God’s purposes and more. Therefore discernment is not a skill that we must learn, but a relationship with the Holy Spirit that must cultivate.
John 16:13 says, ‘But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.’
Romans 8:27 says, ‘And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.’
Psalm 25:14 says, ‘The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them.’
People who walk closely with God often recognise what others overlook. When you walk closely with God we will start to understand God’s intentions and purposes quickly. The closer we walk with God, the clearer his voice becomes.
Discernment Protects Us From Deception
Not everything that appears spiritual is from God. Not every open door is God’s door. Not every opportunity is a divine assignment. Which is why discernment is essential. Spiritual discernment is compulsory and necessary.
1 John 4:1 says, ‘Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.’
There have been instances when people move churches by the invitation of another. On another person's word, they move churches only to realise that they have been fooled. Sometimes this leads them to abandon their faith and other times they decide to stay away from churches in general and instead listen to the word on YouTube. This results in them not having a church community or a spiritual mentor to commune with. If God has planted you in a church, it’s your responsibility to stay there and grow there.
Hebrews 5:14 says, ‘But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.’
Matthew 24:24 says, ‘For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.’
Not everyone who claims they are from God, are in fact from God. They could appear to perform signs and wonders to deceive us. This is why it is necessary to exercise spiritual discernment at all times. And we gain this spiritual discernment by walking with the Holy Spirit. Whenever you hear anything or see anything, the Holy Spirit inside of us, will always nudge us to help us make the right decisions.
One of Satan’s greatest weapons is not persecution, but deception. For instance, to an untrained eye a fake note will look original, whereas to a trained eye, they will know the difference in one look. The best protection against deception is intimacy with the truth.
Discernment Helps Us Cooperate With God’s Timing
Many believers know God’s promises but struggle with his timing. And the reason why we don’t know his timing or do not find solace in waiting is because we don’t have that close relationship with God. If we walk with the Holy Spirit and have an intimate relationship with him, then he will reveal to us about timings and seasons. Discernment helps us recognise not only what God is doing but when he is doing it or when he will do it.
1 Chronicles 12:32 says, ‘ from Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do—200 chiefs, with all their relatives under their command;’
Ecclesiastes 8:5 says, ‘Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm, and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.’
Isaiah 30:21 says, ‘ Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”’
Wisdom knows what to do, but discernment knows when to do it.
Focus verse for today is 1 Corinthians 2:10 says, ‘these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God’
The declaration for today is ‘The Holy Spirit grants me discernment; I see beyond appearances and recognize God’s will.’
Discernment Is Seeing Things As God Sees Them
Spiritual discernment is essentially seeing things through God’s eyes rather than from our understanding and assumptions. Many people see events that take place before, discernment says what happens behind the events. Many people hear words, but discernment understands the Spirit before the words. Derek Prince once said ‘Behind every voice there is a person’.
When Samuel saw Jesse’s sons, he was impressed with all 7 of them. They were well built and handsome and Samuel was impressed at the first sight of them. But God looked deeper. He chose David, the shepherd boy, who was thin, not good-looking in the world's eyes.
1 Samuel 16:7 says, ‘ But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”’
The world looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart.
John 7:24 says, ‘Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”’
I have often had conversations with people who judge others based on their attire to church. Believers tend to question how and why the Holy Spirit would reveal to such people. I have also seen well dressed believers who are cold at heart, not open to the anointing of the Spirit and come to church in perfect appearance. They claim holiness and purity. I have seen the former being touched by the Spirit and speaking in tongues and the latter standing as mere spectators to God’s glory. God looks at the heart, not what our appearances are.
Proverbs 3:21 says, ‘My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight, preserve sound judgment and discretion;’
Spiritual maturity begins when we stop evaluating life, purely based on what we see with our eyes. It is when we start seeing through God’s eyes that our spiritual maturity begins.
Discernment Comes Through Intimacy With The Holy Spirit
Paul says, the Spirit searches the ‘deep things’ of God. The Holy Spirit is the world’s deepest and biggest search engine. His eyes search for everything in this world. The Holy Spirit scans and surveys everything that happens in this world.
Hebrews 4:13 says, ‘Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.’
Nothing is hidden from God, to him everything lays bare. The Holy Spirit knows God's mind, God’s ways, God’s purposes and more. Therefore discernment is not a skill that we must learn, but a relationship with the Holy Spirit that must cultivate.
John 16:13 says, ‘But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.’
Romans 8:27 says, ‘And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.’
Psalm 25:14 says, ‘The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them.’
People who walk closely with God often recognise what others overlook. When you walk closely with God we will start to understand God’s intentions and purposes quickly. The closer we walk with God, the clearer his voice becomes.
Discernment Protects Us From Deception
Not everything that appears spiritual is from God. Not every open door is God’s door. Not every opportunity is a divine assignment. Which is why discernment is essential. Spiritual discernment is compulsory and necessary.
1 John 4:1 says, ‘Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.’
There have been instances when people move churches by the invitation of another. On another person's word, they move churches only to realise that they have been fooled. Sometimes this leads them to abandon their faith and other times they decide to stay away from churches in general and instead listen to the word on YouTube. This results in them not having a church community or a spiritual mentor to commune with. If God has planted you in a church, it’s your responsibility to stay there and grow there.
Hebrews 5:14 says, ‘But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.’
Matthew 24:24 says, ‘For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.’
Not everyone who claims they are from God, are in fact from God. They could appear to perform signs and wonders to deceive us. This is why it is necessary to exercise spiritual discernment at all times. And we gain this spiritual discernment by walking with the Holy Spirit. Whenever you hear anything or see anything, the Holy Spirit inside of us, will always nudge us to help us make the right decisions.
One of Satan’s greatest weapons is not persecution, but deception. For instance, to an untrained eye a fake note will look original, whereas to a trained eye, they will know the difference in one look. The best protection against deception is intimacy with the truth.
Discernment Helps Us Cooperate With God’s Timing
Many believers know God’s promises but struggle with his timing. And the reason why we don’t know his timing or do not find solace in waiting is because we don’t have that close relationship with God. If we walk with the Holy Spirit and have an intimate relationship with him, then he will reveal to us about timings and seasons. Discernment helps us recognise not only what God is doing but when he is doing it or when he will do it.
1 Chronicles 12:32 says, ‘ from Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do—200 chiefs, with all their relatives under their command;’
Ecclesiastes 8:5 says, ‘Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm, and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.’
Isaiah 30:21 says, ‘ Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”’
Wisdom knows what to do, but discernment knows when to do it.
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