Let Him Who Has Ears to Hear, Hear

Jesus declared one of the greatest blessings given 

to man, "My sheep hear My voice and I know them, 

and they follow Me."

In John 10, there is an amazing dichotomy between 

Jesus as the door and as the shepherd.  In verse 3, 

He declares, "To him the doorkeeper opens, and the 

sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by 

name and leads them out." A few verses later Jesus 

reveals He is the door., "Most assuredly, I say to you, 

I am the door of the sheep.  If anyone enters by Me, 

he will be saved, and will go in and out and find 

pasture."  Jesus is the door, as the One who shed 

His blood on the cross for all sin that all men must 

enter into as the only way into God's kingdom.  

Nobody can come to the Father except he hear the 

divine call to "Come to me, I will give you rest." 

and responds to His love.  

However, Jesus, the risen Lord, is also the shepherd 

who now by the Spirit of God leads all believers into 

a place of knowing Him and His voice so they can 

follow Him. Once a person has acknowledged His 

call to repent and accept Jesus' death for his sins, 

the believer is now able to walk by faith in response 

to His voice in following Him.  Isaiah talks about 

hearing a voice saying, "This is the way, walk in it."  

Jesus declares that believers know His voice so 

clearly and are so familiar with His voice, that they 

will not know or listen to the voice of strangers.    

My question is how desperately do we desire to 

hear His voice and how do we respond?  Jacob 

wrestled with the angel and refused to let go until 

the angel blessed him.  With that kind of deter-

mination and resolve, we need to come into God's 

presence (through thanksgiving, praise, singing, 

and the truth of His Word according to Psalm 100) 

and then quietly be still until we get a word from 

God. 

Linger.   Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew 

their strength as declared in Isaiah.  How long do we 

wait, how important is it to us to wait, until we can 

receive His voice that quickens our inner man?  It 

may be helpful to continue by declaring Jesus' words,

"My sheep hear My voice" in order to focus your soul 

that you are waiting in faith.   

God told Moses to write a book of remembrance 

and told Habakkuk to write the vision.  Following 

this pattern, wait on the Lord until you hear His voice 

and can write down what you believe He is saying 

to you.  Like Jacob, refuse to let go until you "know" 

His word to you.  He will speak peace to His 

people (Psalm 85:8).  

Hunger enough to take time and ask the Holy Spirit 

to teach you to hear and to know His voice.  Jesus 

said those who hear and do what He says will be 

blessed (Matthew 7:24), bear much fruit 

(John 15:8), and never be led astray (John 10:28).  

Let him who has ears to hear, hear!

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