The Voice of the Lord: How Do We Know When He is Speaking to Us? Calvary Youth Apologetics

One of the first things that I would share is that you want to remember that God's voice is powerful and majestic. Sometimes, when we are struggling, we wonder, "Is God speaking to me, or is He not?" Just remember that the voice of the Lord is powerful.
I'm going to give you a few things to consider.
As I've taught a Bible study on this, I'm going to distill this down to some concise thoughts, but I want you to consider some components of the different ways that God speaks to us because God doesn't speak in only one way.
I'll start with the first one, audibly.
God can and does speak, and we see throughout the Bible that he has spoken to people in a loud, audible voice, but that's not the only way He speaks. We see that with Moses. I think it's in Exodus 33 NLT, where Moses is having this conversation with God and hearing the audible voice of God.
“The Lord said to Moses, “Get going, you and the people you brought up from the land of Egypt. Go up to the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I told them, ‘I will give this land to your descendants.”
But let's consider some other ways God speaks.
Another way that God speaks to us is in Romans 1:20 NLT.
“For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.”
We get a reference that God speaks to us through creation. Creation itself, as we go out and look at nature or when we go and look at the mirror, as you and I are a creation of God, allows us to see the creative handiwork of God Himself. And so, God can speak to us through creation.
God can speak to us through a sign or an event.
I would direct you to the Book of Judges, 6:36-40 NLT:
“Then Gideon said to God, “If you are truly going to use me to rescue Israel as you promised, 37 prove it to me in this way. I will put a wool fleece on the threshing floor tonight. If the fleece is wet with dew in the morning but the ground is dry, then I will know that you are going to help me rescue Israel as you promised.” 38 And that is just what happened. When Gideon got up early the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out a whole bowlful of water.
Then Gideon said to God, “Please don’t be angry with me, but let me make one more request. Let me use the fleece for one more test. This time let the fleece remain dry while the ground around it is wet with dew.” 40 So that night God did as Gideon asked. The fleece was dry in the morning, but the ground was covered with dew.”
We get this reference to a man named Gideon, who was seeking confirmation from God, and he did so through a sign. He would lay out his fleece and say, "God, if this is from you, let the fleece be dry and the ground be damp."
And it happened as it was. Then he wanted further confirmation and asked the reverse of that: that the fleece would be damp, but the ground around would be dry. God gave him the confirmation through a sign.
I think that's an important distinction, too. Sometimes, we feel like we're hearing from God, and we just need confirmation. And so, creation can do that, and a sign or an event can do that.
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