Psalm 99:6-7
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel was among those who called on his name; they called on the LORD and he answered them. He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.
God does not speak with no message in it. If He speaks there is surely a timely message that will be useful to those who hear it. God speaks His statutes and decrees. His statutes and decrees are to be obeyed by those who hear it. His statutes and decrees are not for exhibitional purpose. They are to be obeyed by those whom He had intended it for. God does not simply speak. He speaks when there is someone genuinely calling upon the Lord. He answers them and speaks to them. He does not speak when there is no genuineness of calling upon Him.
Today, God speaks through His beloved Son who is the Word of God. It is the demonstration of the power of God the Holy Spirit in you, if you could hear His voice. That's the Great Shepherd's voice. When His sheep hear it they will follow Him.
John 10:14-16
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep.I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.
John 10:3-6
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” Jesus used this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them.
In fact, disobedience to the Lord will lead you to the stranger. The stranger is out there to mislead you down the path of destruction. Are you carefully listening to the Great Shepherd's voice and obeying Him? Following Him is obeying Him till the end. The sheep who obey the Great Shepherd's voice and follow His leading will run away from the stranger, meaning that, he will run away from obeying the sinful nature of the Devil in him and follow the Great Shepherd towards full Christformation in him. Why did Moses, Aaron and Samuel keep the statutes and decrees that God gave them. Because they too, desired Christformation in them. They knew that obeying God's statutes and decrees will produce Christformation in them, even though they had not seen Him. They had only heard of Him and seen the semblance of Him in all that they had experienced.
