Good Morning Sunshine! Who Are You Listening To Today?

Isaiah 30:20-21 ESV ~ “The Lord will make you go through hard times, but he himself will be there to teach you, and you will not have to search for him any more. If you wander off the road to the right or the left, you will hear his voice behind you saying, Here is the road, Follow it.”

We are living in a world full of different kinds of voices, but it doesn’t matter how many there are, there is One that will speak and tell you which way you should go, be it left or right, you should be able to hear the voice of God in your ears telling you which way to walk! Which voice are you listening to today, yours are God?

We live in a world, where there is noise all around and to be silent is rare, and unusual. Every day you are bombarded with different types of voices, some are clear and precise and others or loud and rowdy, each one can bring on clarity, clutter, or confusion! But in the midst of all the voices that you hear, there is one that should stand out from the rest, it’s the Voice of God! A voice that you can be sure of, One that will break through all the barriers and remove the fog from your mind, the One that will break up the clutter and confusion, the One that will speak directly to your heart and reveal, renew, repair and restore you!

Some of the most challenging times in my life have been when I was facing difficulty and I couldn’t hear God speak. Have you ever been plagued with a persistent problem (bread of adversity) and it seemed like it wasn’t going to end, (water of affliction) and you needed to hear something? Who can you trust to talk to about this problem? It’s during these trying times that you reflect on the kind of friends that you have. There is one quality that I look for in true friends and it’s to know that someone has my back!

There is something rare about a relationship where you know someone is really behind you. In your moments of struggle you can hear your friend saying, “keep going”, “you’ve got this”, can sometimes be all that you need to keep pushing you in the right direction. It’s during this time that you need to hear the right voice speaking because the wrong voice will lead you down the wrong path in life. It’s not the loud voice that you want, it’s the still small voice that will speak clarity to your confusion, it’s the small voice that will speak the truth and you can hear it loud and clear, it will flood your heart with peace and bring back to your memory that your Teacher (God) is your True Friend!

When you are going through it, you need to see it as an opportunity to get to know your Father better! See this problem as a tutor who is always by your side teaching you new things,alerting you of the forks and crossroads that are ahead of you on the road; and know this that your learning opportunities are only limited to your willingness to be teachable. As a matter of fact, thank God for your problem, because when you do this, your problem loses its power to weigh you down. Now ask God to help you see and hear from His perspective and watch what will be accomplished through this difficulty in your life, it will produce a Glory that will transcend what you are experiencing in this moment!

Today, God has your back, and His Voice is on the inside of you and it is behind telling you how to keep steady and true. His Voice is your constant reminder to be consistent in your walk with Him! You don’t have to see the whole road, you just have to listen to the Voice of your Lord and Teacher as He speaks continually to you on your journey, He is speaking to all who will listen. For these slight momentary afflictions that you are experiencing right now are  preparing you for an eternal weight of Glory that is beyond all comparison, trust the process of God (2 Corinthians 4:17)!

Let’s Pray: 

Father Thank You! Father, today I am thankful that You always have my back! I Thank You, that You never leave me in a place of confusion, but You remind me to stop and listen for Your clear directions. I am grateful for Your steadfast Voice that breaks through all of the noise and clutter in my life and speaks clarity to my heart on my journey. I am grateful that the noise that I hear does not stop You from revealing Yourself to me as my Teacher and that You are training my ears to hear Your still small  Voice and to know Yours over every other voice that I hear in this loud world. I am blessed and covered by You God and I am grateful! In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean