“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye. Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding, which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, else they will not come near you.” (Psalms 32:8-9 NKJV)
God is actively committed to guiding, instructing, directing, and leading His children. It is God’s delight to teach, guide, direct, and lead His children in the right way they should go. God promised to guide and instruct His children in His Word.
Psalms 32:8-9 – NKJV
8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.
9 Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding, which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, else they will not come near you.
Isaiah 30:21 – NKJV
21 Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” Whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left.
Before leaving this world, the Lord Jesus promised His disciples that He would send the Holy Spirit to dwell in them and abide with them forever, so that He may continually guide them into all truth (John 16:12-14).
Why are many believers today still bewildered and confused in life?
Why are many children of God today running from one prophet to another seer, seeking divine guidance and direction in life, thereby falling into the traps of spiritual con artists, manipulators, and exploiters?
Ignorance!
Impatience!
Distractions!
Crowded mind!
The hardness of mind!
Every born-again believer has inherent divine potential, capacity, or ability to hear, discern, know, and understand God’s voice. It is one of your privileges, benefits, or blessings in Christ.
The Lord Jesus said His sheep (believers) hear and know His voice.
John 10:4-5 – NKJV
4 “And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
5 “Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”
John 10:26-27 – NKJV
26 “But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.
27 “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
Some believers today don’t enjoy personal divine guidance simply because they lack the willingness and patience to listen to God’s voice. It takes quality time and real patience to develop the ability to recognize and discern God’s voice.
You may not be able to hear, know, or discern God’s still small voice in today’s busy and noisy world if you don’t consciously cultivate the habit of allotting or setting aside quality time daily in a quiet place to practice listening to God’s voice.
Habakkuk had to do this in his busy and noisy days to hear God’s voice and receive divine revelation. Habakkuk was determined to hear God’s voice, so he set a time and place to listen.
Habakkuk 2:1-2 – NLT
1 I will climb up to my watchtower and stand at my guardpost. There I will wait to see what the LORD says and how he will answer my complaint.
2 Then the LORD said to me, “Write my answer plainly on tablets, so that a runner can carry the correct message to others.”
If you genuinely want God’s answers to specific issues in your life, you need to start practicing hearing God’s voice by scheduling a time and place to listen patiently and quietly.
Like Martha, some children of God today do not hear God’s voice and enjoy personal divine guidance because they are distracted by many activities (Luke 10:38-42). A noisy, restless, or crowded mind can hinder you from receiving and enjoying divine guidance.
Seeking God for divine guidance with a mind crowded with cares of this life, fears, worries, anxieties, doubts, vain ambitions, or lusts is simply asking God to sow His good seeds among thorns (Matt. 13:22). God won’t do that because He knows the seeds will be unfruitful!
Therefore, you will always need to wean, calm, or quieten your soul or mind to hear God’s still, small voice.
Psalms 46:10-11 – NKJV
10 Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
11 The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
You are responsible for weaning or quietening your noisy, restless, or troubled soul!
David said, “Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother; Like a weaned child is my soul within me.” (Psalms 131:2 NKJV).
How did David calm or wean his restless soul?
By simply refocusing or resetting his soul on God and His promises!
Psalms 42:5-6 – NKJV
5 Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance.
6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me; Therefore I will remember You from the land of the Jordan, and from the heights of Hermon, from the Hill Mizar.
A noisy, restless, anxious, or troubled soul or mind is not focused, stayed, or fixed on God. However, when your mind is fixed on God, the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will keep or guard your mind (Isa. 26:3-4; Phil. 4:6-7).
Therefore, if you always want to hear, recognize, and discern God’s still, small voice, your mind must be focused on God and His Word, not on yourself, your challenges, or your circumstances.
Lastly, some born-again believers are bewildered and confused today, not enjoying daily divine guidance because they don’t have a humble, open, and willing mind to obey whatever God says or reveals to them.
If you want to hear God’s voice, you must be prepared to heed God’s voice. The Lord Jesus explained this truth to the hard-hearted Jews, “Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.” (John 8:43 RSV).
Jesus also said, “If any man is ready to do God’s pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from–from God or from myself.” (John 7:17 BBE).
With a rigid, stubborn, or closed mind, you cannot receive or enjoy daily guidance or instruction from God. But when you have cultivated a humble, open, and willing mind to accept, obey, and follow God’s will, you will never be confused about God’s will for your life in any situation (John 7:17).
The Psalmist testifies to this truth.
Psalms 25:8-9 – NKJV
8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore, He teaches sinners in the way.
9 The humble He guides in justice, and the humble He teaches His way.
Be humble to seek and follow God’s guidance. Divine guidance is one of your rights, privileges, or blessings in Christ. Begin to enjoy it!
Prayer:
Dear Holy Spirit, teach and help me to be more sensitive and receptive to Your leading and guidance, in Jesus’ name. Amen.