Knowing His Voice

John 10:4
…When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice…

John 10:27
…My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me…

Sometimes I struggle to hear and know God’s voice. There to seems to be multiple voices to listen to, and quite often confusing and subtle attractions from them. Then sometimes heaven just seems quite silent and you seem to be praying to yourself.

Its scary that we can so quickly deceive ourselves too, thinking we hear the voice of God, when it is just the voice of persuasive man, or our own proud thoughts and biases channeling what we want to hear back to us, because “we have thought it through – we must be on God’s path”

If you are obedient and continually ask God to humble and challenge you, to submit to Him, I really believe His voice becomes so much clearer. Sin blocks out His voice like nothing else can, but obedience leads to hearing His voice quite clearly and a righteous walk before Him.