“However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.” John 16:13 (NKJV)
Peter Lord had come to our church and taught a small group of us how to hear God. I was excited to be a part of the group. In fact, I’d begged to be a part of the group! But afterwards, I spent some time searching the Word to see if it was truth. At the time, I’d recently gone through some emotional healing which involved removing lies from my life I’d believed. A lot of these I’d picked up in the churches I’d belonged to. So I was careful about what I let back in.
I began to dissect verses like, “My sheep hear my voice...” But when I came to John 16:13, I was convinced! In fact, I first read it in the Amplified Bible which says, “But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). For He will not speak His own message [on His own authority]; but He will tell whatever He hears [from the Father; He will give the message that has been given to Him], and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come [that will happen in the future].” When I read that, I thought, “There’s no way it really means that! I’m going to read it in the King James—it will be different!” And as you can see at the top, it actually means what it says.
Since that time 23 years ago, I’ve practiced hearing the Spirit of God speak to me. He DOES speak. He DOES counsel. He DOES guide. And He DOES tell me things of the future. If you’ve never heard the Spirit speak to your heart (and I bet you have—even if you didn’t acknowledge it), start listening. And start believing He wants to communicate the Father’s heart and plans to you. It will revolutionize your life!
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