The Voice of the Nature of God

In between reading the next chapter of the Purpose Driven Life, I was set to think about the call of God. How do we hear the voice of God in order to know what is His calling for us ?

Verse:

Isaiah 6:8

“I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?’.”

Lessons:

1. There are many things calling each of us today. Some of these calls will be answered, and others will not even be heard. When we talk about the call of God, we often forget the most important thing, namely, the nature of Him who calls.

2. The call is the expression of the nature of the One who calls, and we can only recognize that call if that same nature is in us. The call of God is the expression of God's nature, not ours.

3. God providentially weaves the threads of His call through our lives, and only we can distinguish them. It is the threading of God's voice directly to us over a certain concern that makes it useless to seek another person's opinion of it.

4. The call of God is not a reflection of my nature; my personal desires and temperament are of no consideration. As long as I dwell on my own qualities and traits and think about what I am suited for, I will never hear the call of God.

5. But when God brings me into the right relationship with Himself, I will be in the same condition Isaiah was. Isaiah was so attuned to God, because of the great crisis he had just endured, that the call of God penetrated his soul.

6. The majority of us cannot hear anything but ourselves. And we cannot hear anything God says. But to be brought to the place where we can hear the call of God is to be profoundly changed.

Thoughts :

1. One of the most significant concepts here is that God calls us based on His will and His nature. It has got nothing to do with our nature, what we are, and what talents we have. As long as we keep having the impression that our call is based on what we are suited for, we will never hear God's call.

2. We have to be in the right relationship with Him and be in the same condition as Isaiah. We must be changed.