Friend, no matter what your heart is processing, the answer lies within His Voice.
Listen to His Voice. How?
Know it.
Know it in its written presence. Read His Voice in the book of Matthew. Then read His Voice in Mark. Continue your pursuit throughout the pages of Luke. How grand His words are in Luke! Then conclude your journey in the book of John. Become familiar with his speech, his heart, his desire, his passion, and his love for his followers.
Know it. Recognize it. Feel it. Claim it.
♥️ Notice how personal he is per conversation, per heart:
- To one he says, Go; to another he says, To sit is the greater good.
- One he tells to proclaim; another he requests silence.
♥️ See the specific words given to specific hearts:
- Take up your bed and walk,
- Cast your nets once again despite your exhaustion and defeat,
- Fetch a coin out of the mouth of a fish,
- Follow that man with a pitcher on his head,
- Get out and overtake the herd of swine.
Specific instructions spoken to specific hearers with full expectations of full obedience. From a born paralytic to various disciples to hell-bound demons, his voice is known and obeyed.
Friend, the answer is found in His Voice. Ask the Lord, seek his answer and obey his command. His desired outcome for each of us is our intimate decision to Follow His specific words.
Seek to know His Voice today.