How do you know that you have listened to the Voice of God_

Listening to the right voice

THE WORD IN LENT 2026 - FIRST WEEK TUESDAY

February 24 - Isaiah 55: 10-11; Matthew 6: 7-15

Listening to the right voice, is the call that we reflect upon this week, and we discussed the way to listen to the Voice of God, the right voice to be listened to. Today the Word wishes us to focus on how we can say that we have listened to the voice of God? By the fruits that we bear!

Isaiah makes it clear that the Word of God (the Voice), when it reaches out to someone, does not leave without touching that person in some way. The effects shall certainly be seen - we have examples of persons who encountered Christ, the Word made flesh, in the Gospels, who lives were changed forever; and not just that, there are scores and scores of others in history too who have been touched by that Word and have been left totally re-created! 

In the Gospel Jesus gives us the model of all prayers, teaching us to pray that God's will be done on earth, as it is done in heaven - but how can it be done on eath, unless we dedicate ourselves to do it or dispose ourselves towards getting it down. This is the point that Jesus wants to make...that when we truly allow the Voice of God to descend into our hearts, we will see the effects of it - the doing of the will of God, on earth as in heaven.

At times in the season of lent we look at our lenten discipline as a means to achieve great feats and demonstrate immense strength, but the lent is indeed the means to listen to the voice and how do we know that we have listened to the Voice of God really... by the fruits we bear, that is our actions, the outcomes, our acts, our prayer - these are the only signs we have to tell ourselves and tell the world that we have listened to the Voice of God. Let the world see your life and give glory to God!