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Gaining Mastery Over Voices

Since the creation story in Genesis 1, we saw that the earth was in a state of confusion and darkness was on the face of the earth. Confusion is a voice. Darkness has voices. But the Spirit of God moved over this state and over those many voices to bring order, until everything bowed to the superior Voice. God declared, “Let there be light.” That light is Christ, the Word and the true Voice. Everything in creation yielded to this Voice that formed the earth.

Gaining mastery over voices is a skill every believer must master.

We saw in the garden that what led to the fall of man, and the resulting fallen world, was because Adam and Eve could not master and follow the true Voice. God had spoken: “Do not partake of the knowledge of good and evil.” But in that moment, there were many voices: God had a voice. Man had a voice. The woman had a voice. The animals had a voice. The serpent also had a voice.

Despite God’s Word, and even her husband’s word, Eve started listening to the voice of the serpent. Then she started listening to the voice of her own mind: “Oh, this knowledge is so beautiful. I want to be like God. Maybe I would become God’s wife and not Adam’s wife. Women naturally love men that are in charge, and after all it’s not bad to be called the boss’s wife.” Hence when God punished her, the judgment was: “Your desire shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you.” She had been desiring to rule over her husband, as if she could be the wife of God.

The ground was cursed for Adam because he also could not master the true Voice, but instead followed the voice of his wife.

The same thing happened to Jesus. He was surrounded by lots of voices: voices from people wishing Him evil, voices insulting Him, calling Him a child born from fornication, calling His mother a LovePeddler. Then came the serpent’s voice:

“If truly You are the Son of God, turn these stones into bread.” In other words: How can You be God in flesh, yet hungry?

“Throw Yourself down, for it is written the angels will catch You.” In other words: Why do You look so helpless when God has given His angels charge over You?

“Bow down and worship me, and I will give You wealth and glory.” In other words: How can You claim to be God in flesh yet be poor, rejected by Your own people?

These are voices that can make a person doubt their identity, doubt their assignment, and doubt God’s plan.

But Jesus, having gained mastery over voices, was never silent. He kept answering until the devil left. This is the key: when voices keep speaking and you remain silent, it means you are considering them. Let me paint a picture: when a man is wooing a lady, and he keeps talking while the lady keeps listening without silencing him, it means she is considering the man, weighing her options. So also, when voices keep speaking and we keep silent, it means we are weighing them.

Jesus resisted the devil by speaking the Word. And Scripture confirms: “Resist the devil [his voice] and he will flee from you.”

The Many Voices Around Us

In our world today, we have many voices waiting to devour us the moment we act on them:

The voice of fear.

The voice of doubt.

The voice of confusion.

The voice of darkness.

The voice of condemnation.

The voice of your past.

The voice of your current situation.

The voice of parents, husbands, wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, friends, strangers.

The voice of demons.

The voice that makes you feel you have spiritual problems.

But Jesus said in John 10 that “the voice of strangers they will not follow.”

God expects us to gain mastery of voices. He said His sheep know His voice. It is like a child, when called by different women, including his mother, the child will always recognize his mother’s voice among the other compelling voices.

We need this mastery, because the devil goes about like a roaring lion, seeking those who listen to every voice so he can devour them. No matter who it is, pastor, bishop, pope, spouse, parent, friend, if they speak contrary voices, you must not remain silent. Silence the voice. You don’t owe loyalty to such voices.

The more you keep quiet, the greater the danger it poses to you. Those voices will begin to control your happiness, your mood, and even your destiny. You become a slave to them, depressed, feeling like you are taking one step forward and ten steps backwards. You begin to feel delays, or think demons are after you. This is why many Christians live in fear and constantly run for deliverance.

But voices that exalt themselves against the knowledge of God are not meant to be entertained, they must be silenced.

Mastering the True Voice

It is not that there is no darkness in the world. But light (the Voice, the Word) shines and prevails, and darkness (voices, words) cannot overcome it. Yet today, it looks like darkness has already overcome many believers, not because darkness is stronger, but because they have not mastered the true Voice.

How can we shine light to the world when we struggle to shine light in our own minds?

There is no one in Scripture who didn’t face challenges, not even Jesus, not the apostles, not Joshua. But God doesn’t teach us to think about the problem, because those voices can pull us down. Instead, God commanded Joshua to think on the Word (the true Voice) and let it not depart from his mouth daily. Paul, faced with many challenges, taught us how to think in Philippians 4: “Think on what is good, what is worthy of praise.”

Finally, Isaiah 54:17 says: “No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that rises against you in judgment YOU shall condemn.” Notice, it does not say God will condemn it. You must silence those voices. You must condemn those voices. You must avoid people and things that bring those voices.

For this is your heritage in Christ. His righteousness has gone before you. But you must gain mastery or you will become a slave to voices.

Finally Siblings
The battle of life is the battle of voices, even tho won already in Christ .

Which voice will you follow?

Which voice will you silence?

Which voice will rule your heart?

Jesus has shown us the way. As His sheep, we know His Voice. Every other voice must be silenced.

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God bless you for this great article. Many believers fail in their glorious walk with God cos of the inability to defeat every contrary voice against the voice of God upon our hearts.

We all keep growing in mastering voices , we been intentional

ajailer:
God bless you for this great article. Many believers fail in their glorious walk with God cos of the inability to defeat every contrary voice against the voice of God upon our hearts.