I am going to address this issue because it is very close to my heart. It is something I have endeavored to find out for YEARS. And you know what? He is being faithful to teach me. Here it is.
If the voices you are hearing have any fear attached to them, IT IS NOT GOD. And you should stand up to them and tell them to get out of your face. No joke. There is no fear that you will be resisting God at this moment, and incurring His anger at you, because you already know that it is not Him.
I'm telling you people, I know this. I've learned it through hellish trials and heartache, and I am very glad to have gone through all of them at this moment because I can now stand here and tell you with every confidence that ANY TIME THERE IS ANY FEAR WHATSOEVER ATTACHED TO IT, WHATEVER THEY ARE TELLING YOU, YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO STAND UP TO IT, RESIST IT, AND MAKE hIM FLEE FROM YOU.
Because God will never intimidate, coerce, manipulate, force, or confuse you. He will never do anything to harm you or hurt you. Challenge, discipline, and correct, yes out of love. He will do these things, AND EVERY TIME HE DOES, IT WILL LEAVE YOU FEELING ENCOURAGED AND FREE. BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT HE DOES IS OUT OF LOVE. How do I know? Well, because the Bible says so. The Bible says over and over and over again, all the way through it, that he is love. And then it gives a very good description of Him, of what love is, therefore who He is, in 1st Corinthians 13.
And that's how you can tell if it is His voice you are hearing.
If it is a voice full of patience, and kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and joy, and gives you peace, is gentle, even in correction, does not intimidate, and does not scare you, then it's more likely to be His voice.
EVERY time that He has ever spoken to me, it has encouraged me. Even the times when He has disciplined or corrected me, it has ALWAYS come with a solution and the gract to live it. ALWAYS.
He NEVER makes you feel guilty and leaves you hanging. He NEVER makes you feel afraid. NEVER. I don't CARE what you've been believing to the contrary. He wil NEVER, EVER, EVER use fear to motivate you. PERIOD.
Because if He did, then He would be doing the same thing that the devil does. And therefore it is a dead giveaway every time as to who it is speaking to you.
NEVER, EVER, EVER,....EVER give in to fear. EVER.
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