“To Him the
doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and He calls His own sheep by
name and leads them out.” –John 10:3
One of the greatest benefits of
salvation is that of hearing God speak to us personally. Salvation is a two-way
relationship with both parties speaking and hearing. There can be no intimate relationship with
your heavenly Father if you never hear Him speak to you. Jesus said that His sheep hear His voice. Notice that He did not say that they might,
could or even would, but that His sheep hear.
When Jesus laid down his life, He laid it
down for His friends. “Greater love
has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends” (John 15:13). He went on to say in verse 15, “No longer do I call you servants, for a
servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends,
for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.”
Be encouraged today that God is speaking to
you, He has many ways to communicate with you, but His primary way is through
His Word (Hebrews 1:1-2). When you read
and mediate on the Word of God, it is like Jesus talking to you. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God (John 1:1).
Prayer—Thank you, Lord that I am Your friend and that I hear your voice
when You speak to me, in Jesus Name.
Amen.
