HEAR HIS VOICE TODAY

Heb.3:7 – Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says,“TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE,”

Religion can be quite tricky. We think we are doing pretty good; you know, better than most, until we see we are missing the whole point. Christianity is not about doing but about receiving. In this passage of Hebrews we see that an entire generation missed out on the promise of God because they did not hear God’s voice. They were not able to enter the promised land as a result. The Lord is speaking today, yesterday’s word is never good enough. Actually that was the lesson of the manna, our daily bread. We must hear from God every day. We need fresh manna to live in the promises of God. Here is how Jonathan Edwards describes hearing God’s voice and entering His rest.

“In order to learn the new song, you must hear the melody of the voice of Christ in the gospel. You have heard that the glorious gospel is that out of which this song is to be learned, and that ’tis Christ that must teach it. And this is the way that he teaches it: by causing the soul to hear the melody of his own voice in the gospel.‘Tis Christ that speaks to us in the gospel. Many hear his words, but they perceive no sweetness in them. They perceive no pleasantness in his voice, in the doctrines and invitations and promises of the gospel. ‘Tis all an insipid thing and dead letter to them. But to the godly, Christ’s mouth is found to be most sweet. You must perceive the sweetness of the voice. You must see the glory of those doctrines, and the sweetness of those invitations, and the exceeding preciousness of those promises.”

Edwards says that the voice of God is like a song. To those whose ears have been opened it is like a sweet melody drawing us into the land of promise. To others there is no attractiveness in His voice. They can only hear rules and religious observations, there is no sweetness in His words. This is what the entire book of Hebrews is about. The voice of God is calling us “Come unto Me all you who are weary and weighted down with cares and I will give rest to your souls”. This rest is found in His presence. Today, if you hear His voice, draw near and you will find the sweetest life in His presence.