THUS SAITH THE LORD | LISTENING TO THE SPIRIT

Series: “Thus Saith The Lord” Sermon: “Listening To The Spirit”

“Christians today operate very little in the Holy Spirit because of their ignorance concerning the Holy Spirit Himself.” Kathryn Kuhlman

“We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most secret thoughts”  “Always, everywhere God is present, and always He seeks to discover Himself to each one”  A.W. Tozer (The Pursuit of God)

Amos 3:7 “Surely the Lord God does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.”

2 Chronicles 20:20 (NLT) “Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be able to stand firm. Believe in his prophets, and you will succeed.”

Prophecy (prophēteuō):— to speak forth by divine inspiration

The two-way radio is considered a police officer's most critical lifeline.

Luke 8:18 “So pay attention to how you hear. To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given. But for those who are not listening, even what they think they understand will be taken away from them.”

Mark 4:24 (AMP) “And He said to them, Be careful what you are hearing. The measure [of thought and study] you give [to the truth you hear] will be the measure [of virtue and knowledge] that comes back to you–and more [besides] will be given to you who hear.” 

John 8:47 (AMP) “Whoever is of God listens to God. [Those who belong to God hear the words of God.]”

1 Kings 3:9 (NLT) "Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people.”
Shama:- to hear or listen attentively and interest. Leb:- heart inner man

“True contemplation not a psychological trick but a theological grace.” Thomas Merton

“Only to sit and think of God Oh what a joy it is To think the thought, to breathe the Name Earth has no greater bliss” F. W. Faber

Psalm 27:14 “Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!”

Isaiah 64:4 “For since the world began, no ear has heard and no eye has seen a God like you, who works for those who wait for him!”

“The average human attention span has now dipped to just 8.25 seconds, highlighting how easily people get distracted in the digital age. This number is often compared to the attention span of a goldfish, which is said to be about 9 seconds.” Global Digital Attention Research Institute 
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You cannot follow a voice you have not learned to recognize.
A generation that loses its ability to hear God will eventually lose its sense of direction.
The voice you listen to most will determine the future you live in.

Genesis 1:26 (AMP) “...let them have complete authority ...over all of the earth,…” 

Matthew 6:9-10 “Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.”

Psalm 115:16 “The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s; But the earth He has given to the children of men.”

Psalm 8:6 “You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,...”

Hearing The Voice Of The Spirit Is:
1. Innate — In your DNA
2. Learned — Use your words!
3. Matured — Revelation Knowledge 4. Attacked — Mark 4:15 “Satan comes immediately and takes away the word.”
5. It’s A Lifestyle
Proverbs 3:6 (MESSAGE) “Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track.”
Proverbs 8:34 “Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.”

Daniel 9:2-3 “I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the Lord through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications…”

1 Timothy 1:18 “This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare,…”

Luke 2:25-30 “And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. So he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, to do for Him according to the custom of the law,  he took Him up in his arms and blessed God and said: ‘Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace, According to Your word;
For my eyes have seen Your salvation’"
Simeon:— harkening, able to hear.

Basic Hearing Skills: 
1. Positioned “this man was just and devout” 
A student of God’s ways. Rich in the word.

2. Relational “The Holy Spirit was upon him” 
Hearing God is relational before it is prophetic.
Not merely guidance but communion.
Simeon was not using a technique; he was living in fellowship with the Spirit.

3. Focused “Waiting for the Consolation of Israel” 
Waiting is not passive inactivity; it is active expectancy.
You become entrenched with God. You are tuned to His purpose.

“Waiting for God is not laziness. Waiting for God is not going to sleep. Waiting for God is not the abandonment of effort. Waiting for God means first activity under command; second, readiness for any new command that may come; third, the ability to do nothing until the command is given.”
  G. Campbell Morgan

4. Reliable “He came by the Spirit into the temple” 
Learned to move with the Spirit consistently. Reliability means tested discernment.
The mature believer develops spiritual sensitivity through repeated obedience.

5. Finishers “He took Him up in his arms”
Simeon did not merely receive revelation—he responded to it fully.
Simeon embraced what heaven revealed.

The greatest qualification for the next season may not be talent, knowledge, or influence—but the ability to hear.
God governs His kingdom through revelation knowledge. 
Heaven's agenda reaches earth through hearers who are Speak.