Watching a show about hearing impairment opened my eyes to a spiritual reality.   Without hearing Father’s voice, we struggle through life misunderstanding context, meaning, and purpose much the same as a hearing-impaired person struggles.

The Cochlear implant device creates hearing and when the device is turned on for the first time, reactions are profound.  Sound conveys more than words.  It conveys heart.

We cannot convey heart inside written word alone.  Words are one-dimensional, emotionless and heartless.  We, as authors, search for ways to incorporate the missing emotion through descriptive words, but can never truly touch the depth of a sob, a sigh, or exhilaration expressed in a voice.

Ironically, in 150 years, we created an icon of one-dimensional depth when we lifted the Bible high upon a pedestal. Personal communication with our Creator then became secondary.

Though His voice was the force that carried faith since the beginning of time when Bibles were not available, we have, in modern times considered hearing the voice of God as mystical.

But the written word is not where we receive Salvation.  It’s the voice of God that is heard in our heart when we read the Bible.    Those words become spoken Word that our heart can hear.

Sometimes I believe that people in the dark ages heard Father’s voice better than we do now.  And that’s because it was their only source.  They didn’t have Bibles.  So, those who heard Him, let His voice guide them and touch their hearts.  They relied on Him only.

Mankind came into the enlightened age and created a book, a compilation of epistles that witness to Him.  And we made it the foundation of our faith in place of Jesus.  We leaned on it to prove our faith.  But the real proof of our faith exists when we hear His voice.

If we existed in the middle ages, would most Christians be able to stand firm in their faith without a Bible?  What would be their basis?

Please understand, I love the witness of the Bible.  But I love Father’s voice even more.  The Bible speaks of other people’s experiences with God.  His voice is MY experience with Him.  It’s personal.  And there is nothing like it.

When His voice communicates clearly to our hearts are saved and our minds are freed to join Him where He leads.

It is the person of Father, that sets our hearts on fire and fills us to overflowing with Himself.

Recently believers discovered that speaking His words out loud carries power.   His spoken words are how He formed creation.

And when we hear Father’s voice for ourselves, His inflection, His Love; our hearts change.  New sight, perspective and revelation are born.

Words that touch the heart create the greatest impact on human beings.  It is how He created us to respond.

We must hear from His heart.  Then speak from ours (where His resides).

Voice changes everything.