Why did the prophets of old get a minstrel before they could hear God? Why does Psalm 100 say to enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts wit praise? Why does worship and praying in tongues bring us into the right disposition, or tuned into the right channel, to hear God?
The answer is that God is a spirit (and has created us in his likeness) so his “still, small voice” is directly to our heart or spirit. In eternity, as you may have noticed from the report of people who died and went to heaven, communication is spirit to spirit. We will just “know” what Jesus or any other person is “saying.”
Jesus pointed out the necessity of being right with our brother before we come to the altar of God, The application of this principle is to let the Spirit search our heart, then repent and ask forgiveness so the blood of Jesus can cleanse us of any unrighteousness We want to draw near to God with a clean heart.
One of the serious questions people often wonder about is how do I know this “voice” isn’t from the devil? If that is a concern, take care of it by using your authority in the name of Jesus Just as Jesus commanded the demon to be quiet, simply declare, satan and any demon I forbid you to speak, I command you to go in the name of Jesus.
Once we have cleansed our temple, and asked the Lord to speak to us, all we need to do is wait and expect the Lord to speak to our heart If you recall the pattern of Habakkuk “I will watch and see what the Lord will say to me.”
Expect the next promptings or thoughts that come to be from the Lord.
We will deal with this next concept and whether the voice is from God or just our thoughts in the next post. The message today is making sure our heart is prepared and open to hear.
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