Voice of the Lord

God's voice was heard by Adam and Eve when they actually disqualified to hear it. It was God's grace even from the time of creation. First he initiates his voice and we need to continue it. Disciples on the way to Emmaus did not expect the voice of the Lord but was talking about him. The Lord himself came there and talked to them. (Lk. 24) He initiates. After a while they wanted to stop but he seems to be walking. Now its their turn to continue the talk. They beseech him to stay with them so he did. 

God talked to Cain when he committed sin. Its possible. It doesn't mean the Lord will continue. If he wants to hear it again, he cannot just wait but he need to learn to beseech. After all that is what he failed in. We are like Cain some times. We need to ask God and wait. Often times we do knock the door of the neighbor and then wait for them. When it comes to God we wait without knocking. Its not right. 

Hagar was in the wilderness with her son. Her son has no food or water. Now she could not see his death. She cried. The angel said that God heard the voice of Ishmael her son. Gen. 21:17. I don't think Ishmael addressed Jehovah while he was crying. Yet God heard his voice. Ishmael was not the son of the covenant but connected to the man with whom was the covenant made. If God can hear the cry of those who are connected to you, how much more he inclines to you to whom the covenant was made?

His voice is for teaching and to discipline us. (Dt. 4:36)
His voice is some times not for the ear but for the eye to see. God said to Elijah that he commanded a widow to feed him. Actually she never heard a voice from the Lord. We could see that it just came to happen. She fed Elijah. 

Exodus 21

Exodus 21



 (Exod 21:1 [KJV])
 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

 Here God is addressing a single person. what happened to the all those millions of people? They said that they would die if they hear the voice of the Lord anymore. Ex 20:18

 Israelite elders said that they understood that they could live though heard the voice of the Lord. Basically what they are saying was, "We know the truth we cannot face it now." These people are leaders but i could not understand how they gonna lead people without hearing God's voice. i know many prayerful people in the bible but only those who could hear the voice of the Lord became good leaders.

 They are not 'now' people. when that "now" goes away from you then a virus called "postpone" enters your people. Moses prepared them ceremonially but did not prepare them mentally. He did not tell them how its gonna look like when the Lord comes and speaks. May be they are saying, "you should have told us ahead, we would have prepared." The "now" always comes when you are not prepared. some times it is not a performance to be prepared. you need to be ready for any thing that comes from the Lord.

 There are few things that postpone our development in different areas of our life. These are few of them:

1. Fear-Presence of God
 In India fear is named as godliness. Most of Indian gods have weapons in their hands. Some goddesses have their tongue out to scare. Fear is put in us to draw us near to God. These people are taking it an excuse to get away with God naming it falsely "godliness."

 God said to Noah after the flood,

 (Gen 9:2 [KJV])
 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
 This is it. They fear and delivered into your hand. If you fear to something, you are delivered to it. Be careful.

 Some people praise fear. They esteem it by telling their fear many times. When you praise some thing, it increases up. Anything that goes bigger than you are, blocks the sun. When sun is blocked, you end up in dark.

 It is God whom supposed to fear but not to people.

 (Isa 51:13 [KJV])
 And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

 Oppressors are there in every generation. Before the flood there were Nephilites. Bible says that,
 (Gen 6:4 [KJV])
 "There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that"

 After that... means they are there even now. Oppressors are there. Do not fear them. Fear the Lord who made heaven and earth.

 Isaiah says, (Isa 8:12-13 [KJV])
Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.


 When you fear God, it becomes your treasure. Isa. 33:6