John 10:3 "The doorkeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought all his own sheep out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice. 5 They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not recognize the stranger’s voice."
I was listening to a message by James MacDonald the other day and he was talking about hearing God's voice over all the distractions in the world, and compared it to a symphony. I thought this was a good analogy. I wrote this down as I thought about that.
Like in a symphony, the drums can drowned out the sound of a flute.
So in life, the world can be like the drums, and drowned out God's voice.
His voice is more like the flute, delicate, beautiful, quiet.
Not like the big bass drums beating out strong sounds.
Don't let the drums of the world drowned out the voice of God;
He's trying to tell you something, listen...
Not to say this is always the way of God, because he doesn't always do everything the same for everyone. I don't claim to have ever actually heard the voice of God, but his promptings haven't been loud and obnoxious, instead soft and subtle.
With others He can be louder, more direct, and speak in obvious ways. That just hasn't been my experience so far. I don't put God in a box and hope for clear, direct, and even interfering ways, because I don't want to miss what He has planned for me.
I will continue to study John 10 about Jesus being our shepherd also. This has so much meaning for us, and this one sentence could be studied quite deeply.
John 10:11 "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep."
Blessings, Roger
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