OPENED EARS – WHO IS SPEAKING?
In the evening right before people fall asleep, and in
the early morning right before coming awake often they
have opened ears and eyes and don’t even realize God is
talking to them.
In the day when there was no open vision, I am reminded
when Samuel first had his ears opened that he needed to
know WHO was speaking to him. He heard, but didn’t
realize it was God. There comes a time when the Lord
wants to reveal what was there all along- that we have
actually been hearing in the realm of the spirit all our
life and just not in tune to realize it. Most of this
has to do with the coming of age into God’s purposes for
us.
1 Samuel 3:1 And the
child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And
the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was
no open vision.
1 Samuel 3:7-8 Now
Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the
word
{1697} of the
LORD yet revealed unto him. 8 And the LORD called Samuel
again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and
said, Here am I; for you did call me. And Eli perceived
that the LORD had called the child.
WORD Hebrew {#1697} :
spoken, bid, commune, appointed, decree, sentence,
thought, command.
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OPENED EARS
SCRIPTURES
Isaiah 50:5 The Lord
GOD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious,
neither turned backward.
Job 36:10 He opens
also their ear to discipline, and commands that they
return from iniquity.
Job 36:15 He delivers
the poor in his affliction, and opens their ears
in oppression.
Psalms 40:5-7 Many, O
LORD my God, are your wonderful works which you have
done, and your thoughts which are toward us: they cannot
be recounted in order unto you: if I would declare and
speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. 6
Sacrifice and offering you did not desire; my ears
have you opened: burnt offering and sin offering
have you not required. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the
volume of the book it is written of me,
A STILL SMALL
VOICE
Now there are many ways to hear, like audible and inner
audible and also the Lord’s voice and angel voices that
abide with us during the day time. They are louder and
more impactful than hearing a still small voice. They
are not as tiny as the still small voice. Notice in the
passage below it says “A” still small voice. This type
of hearing is not just the Lord’s voice. When the Lord
opens our ears to the realm of the spirit, it is one
world – the spiritual world where the invisible life,
everything living that is not seen is made known through
the opening of spiritual eyes and ears.
1 Kings 19:12-13 And
after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the
fire: and after the fire
a still small voice.
13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped
his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the
entrance of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice
unto him, and said, What do you here, Elijah?
STILL Hebrew {#1827}:
quite, calm, silence still
SMALL Hebrew {#1851}:
crushed, small, thin, dwarf, lean, very little thing
When we hear in the spirit world, we can hear different
types of personalities:
·
The Father’s voice
·
Jesus’ voice
·
The Holy Spirit
·
Angels
·
Cloud of Witnesses
·
People on earth
·
Our own spirit
·
Our soul
·
Demons
LEARNING TO DISCERN
The biggest stumbling block I have had in hearing in the
realm of the spirit is the use of pronouns: I, me, my,
you, us, we, they, etc! At first I got very hung up on
trying to figure out who was speaking to me. I
regularly tested the spirits and bound all sources of
demonic and mixture just to make sure. After the
demonic was clearly gone, and my faith was activated, I
realized that the message was more important than who
was speaking, as only good fruit comes from a good
source. This does not mean that I disregard who is
speaking, but I place discerning the message and more
important.
Matthew 7:17 Even so every good tree brings forth
good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit.
http://www.thequickenedword.com/rhema/discern.html
"But
solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that
is, those who by reason of use have their senses
exercised to discern
both good and evil." (Heb 5:14 NKJV)
Discernment in the Greek language means judicial
estimation, discern, disputation. It comes from a word
meaning to separate thoroughly, withdraw, oppose,
discriminate, decide, hesitate, contend, make to differ,
doubt, judge, be partial, stagger, waver.
So if you wrestle with wavering in what you discern, now
you know why. These words describe the process the
receiver of discernment goes through! In the Bible, we
have numerous examples in the Hebrew & Greek language
revealing that discernment is connected to words having
to do with the judicial process. The bottom line is that
discernment is like a pair of judicial balance scales. A
person carefully weighs evidence, both pro and con. They
separate the evidence into two piles…. Good and evil,
right and wrong, true and false, holy and profane, etc.
Note that discernment is the actual PROCESS of
separating into two piles, it is NOT the decisions based
upon what is separated. As compared to a judicial court
case, the word discern would be equivalent to the
process of hearing a case and separating the evidence.
Discernment would be separating the facts, good and bad,
then distributing them into 2 piles. In one pile would
be the bad and on the other would be the good. This
process is like what a jury goes through to deliberate
evidence. The jury does not have the power to pass a
sentence of punishment for the results of lawlessness.
They merely separate the facts and decide whether
someone is innocent or guilty.
When we learn to discern, and separate the holy from the
profane, we are told to discern the following:
1) We Discern Spiritual Food – The message
"But
solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that
is, those who by reason of use have their senses
exercised to discern both good and evil." (Heb 5:14
NKJV)
2) We Discern Prophesy – the anointed Words
The scripture says, "Do not stifle the Holy Spirit.
Do not scoff at prophecies, but test everything that is
said. Hold on to what is good. Keep away from every kind
of evil." (1 Thess 5:19-22 NLT) This Greek word
test is also translated discern.
3) We Discern Spirits – the spirits of personalities
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each
one for the profit of all… to another discerning of
spirits… (1 Cor 12:7-8, 10) The more acquainted we
are with the HOLY Spirit, the easier it will be to
recognize the unholy ones.
a. the spirit of man (1 Samuel 16:6-13)
b. the Spirit of God (John 6:63)
c. angelic spirits (Hebrews 13:1)
d. demonic spirits (Acts 16:16-18)
4) We Discern Fruits – the mouths, motives and actions
of people
a. false apostles
b. ravening wolves
c. thorns & thistles
d. grapes & figs
"Beware of false prophets who come disguised as
harmless sheep, but are really wolves that will tear you
apart. You can detect them by the way they act, just as
you can identify a tree by its fruit. You don't pick
grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles. A
healthy tree produces good fruit, and an unhealthy tree
produces bad fruit." (Matt 7:15-18 NLT)
"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in
sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes
of thorns, or figs of thistles?" (Matt 7:15-16 KJV)
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