Those who truly know God have learned how to recognize his voice above all others. He wants you to be absolutely convinced that He desires to talk to you and tell you things you’ve never seen or heard before.
Oh, I know that He speaks and that His sheep need to know the Master’s voice. But I doubted my ability to hear Him. I spent all my time “checking” the voice I heard, and when it was too big or too mysterious for me, I thought, “This can’t be God. Besides, the devil can speak too. The flesh speaks; lying spirits speak. A multitude of voices come at us all the time. How can I know God’s voice?”
I believe that three things are required of those who would hear God’s voice:
1. An unshakable confidence that God wants to speak to you. You have to be fully persuaded and convinced that God longs to speak to you. Indeed, He is a speaking God and He wants you to know His voice so you can do His will. What God tells you will never go beyond the boundaries of Scripture. And you don’t have to have a Ph.D. to understand his voice. All you need is a heart that says, “I believe God desires to talk to me.”
2. Quality time and quietness. You need to be willing to shut yourself in with God and let all other voices hush away. True, God speaks to us all day long. But whenever He has wanted to build something into my life, His voice has come only after I have shut out every other voice but His.
3. Ask in faith. We do not obtain anything from God (including hearing His voice) unless we truly believe that He is able to convey His mind to us and to enable us to understand His perfect will.
God is not a tease. He will not allow the devil to deceive you. When God speaks, peace follows and Satan cannot counterfeit that peace.
David Wilkerson
Pastor/Bible Teacher
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Changi Chapel 
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