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Hearing God's Voice - Part 4 #jesus #supernatural #shorts

20 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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In this short devotional, the speaker addresses the common question of why God seems to have spoken directly to Old Testament prophets but not to modern believers. Using the biblical account of Elijah in 1 Kings, the speaker highlights that Elijah experienced dramatic natural phenomena yet recognized that God’s true voice arrives as a "still, small" gentle whisper that brings peace. When Elijah heard this, he immediately covered himself, indicating reverence for the divine presence. The speaker contrasts this with the enemy’s voice, which is characterized by anxiety, stress, jealousy, and envy. The central teaching is that believers can discern God’s communication by the presence of inner peace, whereas messages that generate fear or negative emotions are likely from the devil. The talk concludes with a blessing.

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Why did God talk to Old Testament prophets but not to me? This is a great question because in 1 Kings we see that Elijah is experiencing all these different natural calamities, things that we would expect God to be in, you know, big storms, fire, wind, earthquakes. But yet when the, the small still voice comes in this gentleness, Elijah immediately takes off and hides himself. He covers himself with his cloak. And so why did he do that? Well, because Elijah recognizes that God's voice always comes with peace. The enemy's voice is always gonna come with anxiety and stress. So whenever God is talking to you, don't be surprised that he doesn't let the devil speak to you first. And then all of a sudden, in maybe some situation where you feel anxiety, some stress, maybe some jealousy or envy starts up, but in reality is, is that's not God. That's the enemy. That's the devil. That's how you know the difference. God bless.