John 1:1, 14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Jesus Christ is the Word. How you come to know Him and His ways, and His character. To know the Word is to know Christ. If you want to put it in terms of hearing, how do you know your mother’s voice? You know the voice long before you receive the understanding of her words. In this same manner, a new born Christian, a babe in Christ will come to hear His voice long before you even understand His words, because they are spirit and not of this world.

Matthew 10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

This spirit speech, what does it sound like? Well for one thing it is not bound by language.

Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

How is contained once again within the realm of faith. Faith is given for understanding, as I said before, so it is reasonable to believe that faith is the language of the spirit. How we get to learn that language is the same way in which we learned to understand our mother’s voice and speech, by spending time in His presence.

Luke 10:39, 42 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word. But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Spending time in the Word is not only needful and good, it cannot be taken from you.

But how do I know that I know His voice?

Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

But I thought you had to have faith in order to hear God, now you are telling me I cannot have faith without hearing first? I don’t understand.

Romans 12:3c Decide what you are by the faith God has given each of us. ERV

Faith is one of those unique words which can be used as a noun or a verb. In Romans 10:17 it is a verb and in Romans 12:3 it is a noun. Sometimes faith is what it is and sometimes faith is what it does.

Matthew 13:23a But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it;

Within the explanation of the parable of the seed sower lies meaning made plain by the Lord Himself. The simple gospel is received with understanding. That understanding is because faith was given by God in order for us to understand the message. It is as simple and as plain as God can make it so that no one should mistake its meaning. But the verb form of faith is meant to be transformative. Faith acts.

Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

The mind has to be transformed first. This is no easy matter. The very first thing that must be accomplished in this effort is a willingness to change. No one will put forth the effort for change without first surrendering his will to the Lord.

These are words from Job 11, a dear loving friend’s words.

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

Sounds great and right but the truth is this, they are words of a worldly point of view. They are not the words of anyone who is in Christ with a renewed mind. We have to let go of all we think we know and believe in favor of positional understanding, to see things as Christ sees them.

But how?