God's Goal in Communicating
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Daily Radio Program with Charles Stanley - In Touch Ministries
18 min
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8 chapters
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How can I discern what God is saying among all the daily voices?
Welcome to this weekend's In Touch Podcast with Charles Stanley. With all the voices you hear each day, how do you discern what God is saying? Here's a clear explanation of God's goal in communicating.
God never says anything unless it is very important and worth remembering. He doesn't engage in any kind of chit-chat. He doesn't preface his remarks with anything. And God doesn't speak for 15 minutes and finally get around to the point. God is always at the point. He makes no introduction. He doesn't talk just to be talking. God always has something specific to say. He says it precisely. He says it concisely. And it always, without fail, has something to do with our need. Now, it may involve other people, but God is always speaking to our need. It may be that we have a need to become involved in somebody else's life. Or it may be that God wants to do something in our own or to say something to us. But God always has our need in mind when He's speaking.
If God is speaking and I'm doing the listening, if I want to be sure that I hear what God is saying, one of the things I need to settle or to learn is this. What is God's primary objective or objectives? What is His goal or what is His goals in speaking to me in the beginning? That is, if I really want to hear what God is saying and be able to listen to Him and know that I've heard from God, one of the best things I can do is to learn what God's purpose or His goal is in the beginning of speaking to you or to me. That's what I want to talk about. I want to give you three words that I want you to listen carefully. Three simple words. Here is what God has in mind when He speaks to you and to me. He always has these three things as His goal.
So it's a three-fold goal. Number one, when God speaks through our heart, His first goal is we may comprehend the truth. Get that word down, comprehend, which means that we may be able to grasp it. We may be able to seize it, and we may be able to understand fully what He is saying. God never speaks in riddles.
What is the three‑fold goal God has when He speaks to us?
That is, He's going to speak to your life in a way that you can understand because God's goal for speaking to you, my friend, is that you comprehend the truth. So God would not speak to you and to me in riddles. You say, well, now... There have been times when God's spoken to me that I didn't understand what He was saying. It wasn't because God was foggy. It wasn't because He was being confused. It was because something in your life was hindering a clear hearing of what God was saying. God speaks to you and me, and He wants us to listen. Not simply to listen to their mind. If I only preach to your mind, you're going to get a mental message. But if God, through my spirit, through this voice, speaks to your spirit, you're going to get a spiritual message, and God is going to deal with your whole life, not just your thinking processes.
There are two kinds of listeners, and all of us fall into one of these two categories. That is, we are either passive listeners or we are aggressive listeners. We become involved in listening. Here's a passive listener. Comes to church on Sunday morning and views to see if everything is in order, seeing how she's dressed, how he looks, how the choir's doing. Did pretty good. In fact, they did great. What kind of sermon? Sort of, well, it was all right. That person is just in the middle of a big crowd of people. They are passive listeners. They did not come with a decision to hear from God. A passive listener will miss most of God's message to them, if not all of it. Nowhere in this book are we admonished to be passive listeners.
We are to be involved aggressive listeners. You know what an involved aggressive listener is? An involved aggressive listener comes to church with a Bible in his hand. When the pastor opens the book, he opens the book. When the pastor begins to preach, he gets out a pencil and piece of paper. He's aggressive listener. He wants to be sure he doesn't miss anything.
Why does God expect us to listen aggressively instead of passively?
Listen, an involved listener listens with intent. probing, searching, listening carefully, wanting to be sensitive to what God is saying, alert to what God is saying, interested in what is happening, turning to the verses, thinking all the time, how does this apply to my life?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How can I discern what God is saying among all the daily voices?
0:00–2:28
2
What is the three‑fold goal God has when He speaks to us?
2:28–4:33
3
Why does God expect us to listen aggressively instead of passively?
4:33–7:10
4
How does God want us to comprehend the truth He reveals?
7:10–9:17
5
In what way should God’s truth shape and conform us to Christ’s likeness?
9:17–11:11
6
What does God expect us to do with the truth after we receive it?
11:11–13:48
7
How does our everyday communication (words, actions, silence) reflect our faith?
13:48–16:09
8
Am I actively communicating God’s truth in my family and relationships?
16:09–18:35