Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be a foreigner to him who speaks, and he who speaks will be a foreigner to me.

I Corinthians 14:11 NKJV

You will know little or nothing about a man until he speaks. The word of a man reveals his nature, his identity, his mind and personality. A man is known by his words. The Word of God reveals the mind of God and the nature of God. As we read God’s Word we begin to know and understand the mind of God and the ways of God.

As we acquaint ourselves more with the Word of God we begin to understand His language. We begin to realize His nature is Love, His language is faith and His voice brings peace. We begin to see how He speaks, we know “He quickens the dead,” that’s His way. “He calls those things that be not as though they were,” that’s His language. “He commands light to shine out of darkness,” that’s His nature. His Word always inspires faith in us and brings peace to our minds.

All this provides us with a framework to hear God and be able to recognize His voice when He speaks to us, because He will not speak to us outside His Word. He will not lead us to do what is contrary to His nature. His word will require us to take faith actions and peace is always the effect of His voice.

God is speaking to us every day but because we don’t understand His language, we cannot follow His leading.

You want to be able to hear God regularly and recognize His voice easily? Then acquaint now yourself with your Bible.

Recommended text for further reading:

John 1:1; Job 22:21; Isaiah 54:13; John 16: 13-14; Psalms 119:105; Isaiah 8:20.