Hearing Yahuah Alahim’s Voice
Hearing Yahuah Alahim’s Voice
Tuning into His Frequency
By Barbara Lardinais
(Names of the Father and Son have been changed)
YAHUAH is really speaking to us all the time. He created us so He could fellowship with us and enjoy our company, and He ever seeks to be the focus of our joy, praise, and worship. When Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden, they enjoyed deep, intimate communion with YAHUAH until they sinned. Sin caused YAHUAH’S voice to go “OUT OF TUNE” for them and for all of us ever since. But that is not His desire. He would like to restore our “hearing” so we can have deep fellowship with Him once again.
You know what a radio is like that is out of tune. Maybe when you turn it on, there is nothing there except static. Maybe you can hear two or three stations at the same time. Or sometimes the signal is weak as you travel out of range of the station you want. A digital dial allows for more precision, but when you have a manual dial, you may have to fiddle back and forth for quite a while to get your channel to come in strong and clear.
Hearing Yahuah’s Voice Like a Radio
Trying to hear YAHUAH’S voice is something like tuning into that radio. The signal is out there, and it is strong and clear, but you have to tune into it. You also have to tune out all the other signals, or you will be listening to chaos and confusion. While there may be hundreds of choices in radio stations, within yourself, there are three possible voices you can tune into: YAHUAH’S voice, your own voice, or Satan’s voice from the demonic realm. It is, of course, very important to be able to tell the difference.
The truth is that you CAN tell the difference, but it may take some fine-tuning. YAHUSHA said:
“But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear His voice; and He calls His own sheep by name and leads them out. And when He brings out His own sheep, He goes before them, and the sheep follow Him, for they know His voice. Yet they will be no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” YAHUchanon (John) 10:2-5
The Scriptures are the Word of Yahuah
The Scriptures are the place to start “hanging out with YAHUAH” to become familiar with His voice. He isn’t going to say anything to you that is different or at odds with what He has said in His Word. The more you read the Word of YAHUAH, the more you begin to see how He thinks and feels and speaks. I think a particularly good way to do this is to pick one of the books of the Brit Hadasha (N.T.), such as Luke, and read just that one book over and over. Somehow, it begins to saturate you after a while, and the personhood of YAHUSHA becomes particularly real. You start to feel like you are right there next to Him, and you can almost anticipate how He will speak and react.
If Scripture is your standard and you do not veer off to the right or the left from what it says, there are many other ways that YAHUAH speaks to us today. As you read Scripture, you will notice some of the ways He communicated with the men and women of the past times. Since “YAHUSHA HaMashiach is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Mashiakim Yehudim Hebrews 13:8), you can count on it that He is still speaking by these various methods in our own day.
Hearing Through Dreams
Dreams and visions, prophecy, circumstances, quiet impressions, the quickening of the Scripture passage, confirmation through fellow believers, and audible voice, burdens to pray a certain way, divine signs through people with spiritual authority over us, through a persistent nudging. People hear from YAHUAH in all these ways and more. If you are not used to any of this, it may take some time to become attuned to His voice and ways of speaking to you. Pray for His help, which He will generously give. Time and experience will make you proficient. Be patient and realize that you will “miss it” sometimes and not hear accurately. That’s not all bad because you learn that way, too, and you will learn what is NOT the voice of YAHUAH through your mistakes, for sometimes you are just plain fooled by Satan and his many tricks and deceptions.
My Own Experience – (Barbara Lardinais)
But how can you distinguish between Yahuah’s voice, your own human voice, and the voice of the enemy? Let me share a short story from my life, which taught me a lot about telling the difference.– As a single mom, I was living in an apartment with my grade school-aged daughters, and at that time, I had no way to buy a house. So when I met a man through business who was building houses under a certain government regulation, which did not require a down payment, I got excited. I thought, “Could this be for me?” Maybe YAHUAH had me meet this man to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity.
Everything went so well at first. All the details were coming perfectly into place, and I got even more excited. I found a beautiful, available lot to build on; I chose a suitable floor plan, the price was right, and the mortgage payment was easily doable. Finally, I was sitting in front of the builder, ready to sign the contract. As we went through the eligibility requirements, it suddenly struck me that there was a provision I didn’t meet. I also realized that there was no way that either the builder, the government, or the mortgage lender would have any way of knowing that. It wasn’t an out-and-out lie, but more like just withholding information. It seemed a small matter, so I signed the contract.
I had a vague uneasiness for the rest of the afternoon, but the overwhelming feeling was that YAHUAH had just done a fabulous miracle for me. My mind was dancing with the joy of owning this house, and I was already decorating rooms and planning a garden in my imagination. The uneasy feeling was a shadow that might as well get lost because I was now in a legally binding contract.
I went to bed that night but woke up somewhere in the middle of misery. The weight of the deception was so heavy that I could hardly stand it. It was unbearable. The truth poured in all around me, and I felt totally grief-stricken that I had really lied. I had cared more about owning a house than owning integrity. I didn’t try to pretend anymore that this was a small matter, and I begged YAHUAH to forgive me. I didn’t know what to do or how to get out of this. Nothing else made sense except calling the builder in the morning, which would be quite embarrassing. However, that would be better than living with this horrible guilt, so I determined that this was to be my plan.
The night dragged by even after I resolved to make things right. Once I knew what to do, I just wanted to do it quickly. Finally, the morning arrived, and I reached the builder and told him the truth. He paused momentarily on the phone, thinking things over, and then agreed to tear up the contract as if I had never signed it and forgotten it. Relief flooded over me. Peace returned to my heart, and I determined I would never let such a thing happen again.
Conflicting Voices
The voice of YAHUAH, my own voice, and the voice of Satan had all played a role in this incident in my life. My voice said that meeting this man was from YAHUAH and that He was providing a way for me to get a house. We all have preferences and plans and dreams, and it is natural to read into those things what we really want to hear. There was nothing wrong with seeing it that way initially because YAHUAH sometimes works that way.
Satan’s voice came in when I saw I would lie to get the house. He used my human desire against me and said this was no big deal and couldn’t even be considered a real lie, could it? Just sign the contract. Yahuah wants you to have this house, doesn’t He? Look how all these things fell into place; this must have been His doing. You couldn’t have arranged all this on your own, he whispered.
The uneasy feeling I had all afternoon was also my own voice. It was that built-in conscious that Yahuah graciously gives every one of us to help us navigate right and wrong. But of course, I was insistent on drowning it out with how happy I was to be getting a new house.
YAHUAH’S voice came in the middle of the night. Not really like a voice, it was more the sense of separation from Him and the absence of peace. How could I stand to have His fellowship withdrawn? But He made me feel it to a very deep degree. It was almost a physical heaviness, and I will never forget it. I would not like to ever hear YAHUAH’S voice again in that same way. I should mention, too, that when the incident was over, I felt totally free with not one bit of condemnation ever since. That’s another way to tell if something is from YAHUAH. When it’s over, it’s over! No ugly guilt showing up later to make you feel bad again.
Hearing Yahuah’s Voice
As you evaluate the various voices coming at you all the time, remember that YAHUAH loves you. He is always on your side, encouraging you, smiling at you, guiding you on a good path, and drawing you closer to Himself. You can expect loving communication from Him. His voice and direction will never propose sin or contradict His Word. When something comes from Him, it will always bear good fruit. The final outcome will be right and will feel right. When making a major decision, it is a good rule of thumb to make the decision and then let it rest for 24 hours before acting on it to see if YAHUAH’S peace confirms it. If you feel uneasy or agitated, back away.
Knowing Your Own Voice
Your own voice will bring you a mixed bag. Some of it will be positive and worthwhile, and some negative and worthless. You are partially the product of your past experiences, and how you see yourself will often determine how your own voice comes up inside you. Each of us has a streak of selfishness. We need to be suspicious when we want things to turn out a certain way more than we want YAHUAH’S way in our life. Make sure YAHUAH and YAHUSHA are sitting on the supreme seat of power in your life instead of yourself, or you will fall for your own voice time after time.
Satan’s Voice Ultimately Deceives
Satan is the robber, the destroyer, the discourager, the liar. His main method of snaring us is through deception. Sometimes, Satan can make something rotten appear good for a time. Pray and examine the issue deeply, and ask YAHUAH to reveal any deception so you will not be fooled. Proceed slowly. A feeling of pressure to do something Now should be a red flag. Ask yourself if you would mind people knowing about this. Do you feel okay to tell your children? Is it something you will later be proud of or ashamed of? If you feel like hiding what you are doing, Satan is no doubt somehow involved.
The Shepherd’s Voice is Calling
We do not need to wonder if Yahuah’s voice is speaking to us. Yahusha, the Messiah, made it very clear that we would be able to know His voice and be able to distinguish it from that of a stranger. He had great confidence that we could tell the difference. Stick close to the Shepherd. If you are off in the far side of the pen or hanging out by the sheepfold door running in and out, turn around and hot-foot it over to His side. Nudge your way in and keep your eyes on Him. Listen to every word He says until you know His voice better than your own. Tune into His frequency until it comes in LOUD AND CLEAR.
Constantine’s Creation of Jesus Christ