Discernment

From: Today God Is First - Os Hillman

John 10:14,27 "I am the good shepherd; I know My sheep and My sheep know Me. . . . My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me."

Tom Fox is a successful financial advisor who heads up a workplace ministry in the Twin Cities, Minnesota area. He used to be troubled when he heard Christians say, "The Lord told me . . . " He certainly had never heard God speak to him like that. "What is different about those people and me?" he wondered.

In the Gospel of John, Tom read that Jesus had said that His sheep hear His voice, but he didn't understand how they could do that. His pursuit to answer that question began his quest to discover how to hear God's voice himself.

Today, Tom realizes that God does speak and that we, as His children, can hear His voice. He has discovered how to hear God's words of guidance in his daily life, which includes the day-to-day operations of his business. Now he is teaching others how they can hear God's voice as well. "Speak Lord, for Your servant is listening." (1 Samuel 3:10)