Daily Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
Romans 8:4, “That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”
The subject of the Spirit’s writing on our hearts in the new covenant is the law of God, as it is described by the Lord Himself, in Matthew 5-7.
In these chapters, what the Lord spoke is the righteous requirement of the law.
It is the inner reality of the outward law.
Now this uplifted law is being written upon our hearts by the Spirit.
It is this Spirit-writing that constitutes the Lord’s voice within us.
The evidence of our hearing the Lord’s voice is both the consciousness we have within our hearts as well as the inclination of our hearts.
For example, the very consciousness and prompting within us forbidding us to take a certain course of action or hold a certain attitude is His speaking within.
The consciousness itself is the Lord’s voice.
This kind of consciousness may also be understood as a consciousness of life, because the nature of the consciousness is an inner awareness that is being supplied to us by the life of God.
If we cooperate with this consciousness, or in other words, if we listen to the Lord’s voice within, and by faith obey His forbidding feeling, we will unlock the floodgate of the Spirit of life into our whole being.
It is important to know that His voice always comes with this supply of His presence and grace
John 10:27, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:”
The uniqueness of our new covenant relationship with the Lord is this: it is not a matter of our keeping outward commands, but of discovering His voice as an inner consciousness.
Thus, it is not being outwardly told what to do; it is being prompted from within concerning what to do.
So expect the Lord’s voice to come from within you.
And the way you will discover His voice is by His inner operation that manifests itself by inward promptings.
What is important then is how we respond to these promptings.
Let me give an illustration.
The most basic function of a PC computer is a little blinking “C” at the bottom of the screen, known as the “C prompt.”
Its appearance on the screen tells you that the computer is operating and is prompting you to enter a command.
The prompt is the computer’s way of speaking to you; it is the computer’s voice.
Of course, when you respond to the prompt by entering a command, you open up a wealth of information on the screen.
Everything is instantly available to you by simply responding to the “prompt.”
In the same way, as believers indwelt by the life of God, we have promptings within us.
These promptings are the Lord’s way of speaking to us.
The promptings are the Lord’s voice.
They are telling us that God is operating in us to open up all the riches of His life to our inward parts.
However, to get the benefit of God’s life within, we need to respond properly to the prompting.
In our daily life, when we say “Amen” to the prompting within and go along with it, we are obeying the voice of the Lord.
Until Tomorrow,
With A Shepherd’s Love
Pastor
Today’s Prayer List
Ashley Burn’s Sister –
Debra Roberts – Critical
Hanna Hall – Pray For Grace
James Parsons – Mae’s Brother – Home on Hospice
Larry Barker – Hip Replacement
Sherry Yoachum – Surgery
Amy Garner’s Mother – Better –
Andria Carter – Ashley’s Sister –
Barbara Shed’s Family –
Bill Lawhead – Cancer Returned
Bill Moody –
Charlie Sessom –Waiting –
Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons–
Denise Stubbs – Kim Allison’s Mom
Don Slate – Angela Bryan’s Dad – Hospice
Doug Fritzel –
James Garner – Shoulder Replacement
James Garner’s G’Son –
John Burnette –
John McClain’s Mother –
Joyceann – James Garner’s Daughter
Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister–
Lavona Davis –
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Lynn – Nancy Brown’s Daughter –
Mary Sims –
Michael Stanley –
Nancy Brown’s G’Daughter –
Nora Allison – Dustin’s Mom –
Pastor Stucke– Nikki’s Dad
Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend
Ricky Stubbs –
Roseleigh Osborn –
Scott Lanier – Lisa’s Cousin –
Sharon Blalock–
Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend
Shannon Golden –
Sheila Simmons Cousin –
Todd Bailey –
Todd Roberts –
Tom Witcher –
Wanda Galanti –