God Longs for Us to Know His Voice
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🗓️ 28 January 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
One of the most scandalous truths of the gospel is that our Creator longs to be encountered by his creation. God longs to meet with us. His greatest desire is for relationship with us. God is pursuing each of us with his relentless love, seeking out those who might respond to his open invitation by opening the door of their hearts to him. My prayer is that in response to God’s desire to meet with his people we would be those who say yes to centering our lives around his nearness. May your week focus on God’s desire to be encountered be marked by the reality of his presence and love.
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| 0:00.0 | Hearing the voice of God can always be a tricky subject. |
| 0:08.0 | Many feel inadequate or wounded when it comes to the topic of hearing God speak. |
| 0:15.0 | Today, we'll discover the beauty and simplicity of God's longing for us to know his voice, just as you know |
| 0:24.0 | the voice of a parent, spouse, or friend. Hearing from God is essential to encountering the Lord. |
| 0:32.5 | May you walk away today feeling more confident and equipped for intimate relationship with Jesus. Welcome to the First 15 podcast. I'm Our scripture for today comes from Jeremiah 33 verse 3. |
| 1:18.1 | Scripture says, |
| 1:19.6 | call to me and I will answer you |
| 1:22.6 | and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. |
| 1:30.3 | I've spent so much of my life as a believer thinking that God was silent, |
| 1:36.3 | or at least only spoke through the Bible, others, and situations. |
| 1:42.2 | While God most definitely does speak in those ways, he also longs to speak directly |
| 1:48.6 | to his children. Scripture is laden with story after story of God's people hearing his voice |
| 1:56.7 | and responding in obedience. From the Old Testament to the New Testament, |
| 2:03.1 | God clearly speaks to his people. |
| 2:06.6 | The question before us today is, |
| 2:09.2 | will we make space to listen? |
| 2:12.7 | John 847 says, |
| 2:15.3 | whoever is of God hears the words of God. |
| 2:20.0 | And John 1027 says, my sheep hear my voice, and I know them and they follow me. |
| 2:28.7 | We serve a God who desires his voice to be known. |
| 2:40.0 | God is not silent. He is not silent. He is not quiet. Our Heavenly Father longs to guide us, tell us his heart for us, and do life with us. He's longing for a |
| 2:48.0 | relationship with you filled with continual conversation. |
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