Hearing the voice of God part 2

1 Samuel 3:5-10 NIV
5 And he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”
But Eli said, “I did not call; go back and lie down.” So, he went and lay down.
6 Again the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”
“My son,” Eli said, “I did not call; go back and lie down.”
7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord: The word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.
8 A third time the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”
Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy. 9 So Eli told Samuel, “Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10 The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!”
Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”

I can only imagine the story. Samuel wakes up in the middle of the night and runs upstairs to answer the call of his father, only to hear his father say, "go back and lie down, I never called you." I guess the first time I heard it I would have said, "hummm must of been something I ate or a bad dream." I would have wobbled back down to my place and went back to sleep. But, after the third time I think I would have been a bit frustrated. Not to mention, old Eli. He was probably getting a bit upset with this young man waking him up. I will give it to old Eli though, he finally figured it out. Makes me wonder if God had spoken to him when he was a young man. Perhaps, he was just pawning the boy off on God. We will never know. The one thing we do know is God called Samuel again and this time the Lord came and stood there and called his name as He did the other two times. This time Samuel answered the Lord. 

There are as far as I could find, seven things we can see from this portion of scripture (1 Samuel 3:5-10) that we need in order to hear the voice of God:

The Seven “We need’s”.

1. We need to be under authority.
2. We need to belong to a house.
3. When we have question’s we need to go to our overseers.
4. We need to be obedient to what we are told.
5. We need to follow through with what God told us.
6. We need to be in an intimate relationship with our Spiritual overseers and God.
7. We must stay in our positions until leadership moves us.

I will be sharing all week on "How to hear the voice of God." Tune in below for the entire message. Click here if it does not show up below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMZxGw_vuzA&feature=share 

ACTION STEP: When God speaks refuse to ignore His voice. Do whatever it takes to communicate with Him. Risk rejection. Risk putting yourself in harms way. Do whatever to hear your Father speak to you. It is in hearing His voice, that you and I will hear the purpose for which we were created. Today, listen for Him calling you.

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