Do you mean an audible voice?
Well…………. Jesus did say……
“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me—just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.” (John 10:2–4, 14–16)
We are his sheep. Jesus says that his sheep hear his voice.
So……how does Jesus speak to you?
A feeling, the Bible, a friend’s advice, an article, a sermon, tea leaves???
I will never forget the first time He spoke to me…..
August 29, 1978
At a Bible Study after 10pm in Garden City, GA
A big Man named Jim Womble asked me a question at the end……
“Can I pray for you?”
“Who………………..? Me?………Don’t need it but yeah, Ok.”
And so Big Jim Womble prayed………
“Lord….I don’t know what this young man has done or where he is in his life, and I don’t care, but
I pray right now that you reveal yourself to him.”
And then……..I heard from Jesus…….
No……………. not in an audible voice!
It was a physical experience……
I saw a light and I felt a peace of mind and soul that I had never experienced.
I hit the floor………slain….thankfully caught by two men.
And I lay there thanking God.
And it felt like a 1000 lb weight had been taken off my chest.
And I told the Lord God that I would never doubt him again.
And I was stone cold sober!!!
I never read a Bible verse or took advice from a friend or heard a sermon or searched the tea leaves.
I got physically attacked by God and I listened.
But God doesn’t do that for everyone….He is a Big God and He speaks in many different means and methods!
I was honored and blessed that He chose to speak to me that way!
“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me” (Revelation 3:20).
And that’s what I did…….I heard the knock and His voice and had communion and friendship with Him.
But that was the first time I heard from God and not the last……….
But in order to Walk by the Spirit…….you have to practice listening just like practicing a musical instrument.
And as you practice, He is transforming you!
Are you Listening???