How To Know God’s Voice | Janet Swanson

Janet shares how to hear the precious Voice of God!!

Hey Guys!! This week’s podcast is so yummy!! It’s like honey to my lips! To know God’s sweet voice and to hear Him is PRICELESS!! Did you know that God is speaking? Did you know that God is speaking to YOU? Yes!! Let’s dive in.  Here are the words in Hebrew that I spoke about in the podcast.

 

Words  in Hebrew

Mind…….Yetzer…………..to imagine, the image of, mind IN the heart

Word……Dabar………….. the reality of, the reality being experienced,

Read……Qara……………. to encounter, to read is to encounter the author

Think……HHASHAV ………to design, to invent, to seal upon our hearts the intentions of our lives.

 

Isaiah 30:21
And your ears will hear a word behind you, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn (choose the right)  to the right or to the left (or make a left)

 

Let’s break this down! 

Your EARS

• Hebrew for ears is: ̓ōzen – ear, hearing; (figuratively) "the instrument by which speech and orders are noted – not the brain, as with us.  Hence, the ear is the seat of insight"
• The mastoid bone is the large bone behind your ear that is highly sensitive to hearing. It has a honeycomb-like structure with air spaces called mastoid cells that help maintain the middle ear's air space.
• Psalms 119:101-104

101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I may keep Thy word. (Dabar)

102 I have not turned aside from Thine ordinances, For Thou Thyself hast taught me. (Taught in Hebrew is yarâ – means, throw, shoot, hit the target "spot on”; by transmitting information "right on-target"; one who effectively teaches. Straight to the EAR….He who has an ear HEAR what the Lord says!

103 How sweet are Thy words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth! (Word in Hebrew here is not Dabar but something different; it’s  ’imrah – a spoken word, particularly a "personal promise" (as in Psalms and Proverbs,) – a dynamic word from God birthed in the heart (mind) of the surrendered believer. This brings strength where there is weakness, comfort in distress, deliverance when no human help suffices, etc.

 

104 From Thy precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way.

(Precepts in Hebrew is: piqqûd̠îm (always plural, only occurs in Psalms) – precepts, focusing on the controlling principle ("why") that directs the "what" (the content of a law, direction, decision, etc.).

Understanding in Hebrew is: ) bîn – nmeans to distinguish between " look a likes" – to discern the inner make-up of something to accurately discriminate; get to the inner reality (root) of a matter, like differentiating the genuine from the counterfeit; distinguishing between pretenders (phonies) which act as substitutes for the real thing – perceiving when something "looks good but smells bad"; "discriminating intelligence," separating the true and the false ("distinguishing things that differ"); discernment focused at its end life-application.

 

Ears will HEAR

• Hear in Hebrew is šāmaʽ – properly, to hear, especially to obey (implement) what is heard – i.e. hearing with follow-up.

(šāma‛) implies taking heed and acting on what is heard – i.e. conscientiously responding to audible or inner hearing (like when receiving faith from God).

• Reflection: Inner spiritual hearing discerns God's persuasions – hearing His voice through Scripture and communing with Him.  Receiving faith from God always requires response – a faith-work done through His power and hence brings righteousness (the approval of God).  
• A Response is: Hab 2:1, "And will watch to see what He will say in me" (not "to me").  Keil-Delitzch (at Hab 2:1),
• Mt 11:15: "He who has ears to hear, let him hear (LISTEN)
• Mt 13:10-15:

“10 And the disciples came and said to Him, 'Why do You speak to them in parables?'  

11Jesus answered them, 'To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.  12 For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.  

13 Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while [physically] hearing they do not [spiritually] hear, nor do they understand.  

14 In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says,

"you will keep on [physically] hearing, but will not understand;

you will keep on seeing, but will not perceive;  

for the heart of this people has become dull,

with their ears they scarcely hear,

and they have closed their eyes,

otherwise they would see with their eyes [spiritually],

hear with their ears [spiritually],

and understand with their heart and return,

• and I would heal them" '" (NASB).
• SO, TO HEAR IS TO LISTEN & OBEY

 

Will hear a WORD

• Word……Dabar………….. the reality of, the reality being experienced, expresses "conversing that gets through" – envisioning the state of understanding of the listener and the clarity of the speaker.

 

 

Will hear a word behind you saying, “this is the WAY”

• Way in Hebrew means: derek –  a well-worn road, highway, one's whole journey (over-all way) of life, rooted in timeless moral-spiritual realities. These are established by God's own nature, the principles of life set by God to experience maximum meaning in one's life-journey. The significance of each scene of life then is both just and predictable as God has connected their eternal values before the foundation of the world.

This is the way, WALK in it

• WALK in Hebrew is: halak – proceed, taking the needed action step(s) – going intentionally to the next place or stage (destination); moving on, walking forward with necessary effort and its resultant progress; THE PURSUIT OF LIFE….LIVING OUT WHAT HAS BEEN SPOKEN!

 

Whenever you turn to the right or to the left

• TURN in Hebrew means to choose.  If you choose to go to the right or your choose to go to the left.
• Hiphil  verb stems  shows the doer acts intentionally – convinced of its necessity – so carrying through ("making it happen") by taking the implied action-step.

 

Jeremiah 29:11 says, `For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the Lord, `plans for prosperity (a state of wholeness that involves three things: a breath through, so you can breath forth, then you will break out) and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.

 

Words  in Hebrew

FOR I KNOW….Mind…….Yetzer…………..to imagine, the image of, mind IN the heart

MY WORD WILL BRING YOU LIFE…NOT DESTRUCTION OR CALAMITY Word……Dabar………….. the reality of, the reality being experienced,

WHEN YOU READ MY WORD YOU EXPERIENCE AND ENCOUNTER ME……Read……Qara……………. to encounter, to read is to encounter the author

I know the PLANS: /Thoughts….Think……HHASHAV ………to design, to invent, to seal upon our hearts the intentions of our lives.

 

Isaiah 30:21
And your ears will hear a word behind you, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn (choose the right)  to the right or to the left (or make a left)