The world is filled with voices. Family members voice their opinions. Neighbors voice positions. Doctors voice medical observations. The media is filled with voices expositing political, social, and economic views.
There are audible voices and inaudible voices. An angry co-worker may shout disagreement to your face. The carnal mind may whisper reasons to fear into your thought.
We decide which voices we heed. We make choices about which voices to ignore and which ones to believe.
From a human mind point of view, there are many voices to sort through, as mentioned above. But from a spiritual point of view, there is one voice that carries authority above all else. The voice of God, the voice of Truth!
As a child of God, we have a direct connection to the Mind of God which speaks truth to us. That connection is called spiritual sense. When we listen with spiritual sense, we hear the voice of Truth, and what we hear will lead us right.
What voice are you listening to today?
“The Soul-inspired patriarchs heard the voice of Truth, and talked with God as consciously as man talks with man”
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 308).
such a clear and simple message. thank you .Evan.
So true, thank you Evan, keeps me on track for sure
Thank you Evan.
Thank you Evan for the reminder to recognize the voice of distraction and to live in the present reality of God’s Truth. How vital it is to ‘Stand porter at the door of thought.’ as Mary Baker Eddy advises in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (p. 392).
Thank u Linda! “ recognize the voice of distraction”
Thank u Evan for this great lesson!
A couple of Sundays ago, as I sat in church praying for the service, I heard the line from Mrs. Eddy’s hymn “I will listen for Thy voice”. (There have been many voices complaining about how the readers read.) Instead of listening for mistakes or “personal sense”, I thought, I listen for Thy voice. I listen to hear God’s Word spoken, not a personal expression of the Bible Lesson. What is God saying to me during this time? It was as though I felt God’s presence as I listened from a different perspective. I cherish the time I spend praying for our services, our church.
Thank you. This was very helpful to me. I have been praying about how to pray during silent prayer in church.
Thank you for this awakening thought! Those whisperings of listening for readers mistakes instead of Divine Mind, have been so subtle. It wasn’t until the reading of your comment, that I realized I have been entertaining these whisperings! Thank you Bev! And, thank you Evan,
for encouraging us to think!
Thank you Evan for this very important point – it is vital that we listen for the Christ
speaking to our human consciousness, and being alert to any false voices trying to
influence us.
And thank you Bev for sharing your demonstration of this. That is very helpful to remember,
because there are so many different ways for the Sunday Lessons to be read, and
this may be because of the Readers’ present understanding, which may not come out
to us in the way we understand it. But if we keep listening only for the spiritual
interpretation to come to us, and support the Readers in prayer, we all gain. Prayers
for the Service and all involved including the congregation before the Service is
very important. This will keep God foremost in our thoughts throughout the Service
and help to bring out the spiritual understanding we all need.
Such an important message, Evan. Thank you.
It stands as a reminder to focus our thinking when the voices of drama and trauma, predictions of danger are echoing through public thought, be it conventional medicine, big pharama, or politics.
I find it is so important not to allow myself to delve into the “weeds” of discussions, which only cause fear and work against spiritual healing by mesmerizing us into believing there is another power apart from God.
Thank you Evan, for these – such wise words of wisdom. When we are listening to
God/ Truth, we are hearing that “still, small voice” that never leads us astray. Sometimes
folks pretend to listen to others, only to be thinking of what They want to say next,
rather than truly listen. It is a form of little mind always wanting to be in control. But
with God’s direction and guidance, He is in control, always.
In turning for inspiration this morning on this theme, Hymn #177 opened up:
“Look, ye saints, the day is breaking, Joyful times are near at . . . hand;
God, the mighty God, is speaking By His Word in every land:
Day advances, day advances, Darkness flees at . . . His command.”
Thank you Evan …a very timely reminder for myself and many others no doubt.
Only Gods diagnosis of anything and everything is the reliable , eternal Truth❣️
Thank you so much Evan. It was a ‘ just in time’ message!!! And thank you Barbara!
“A Voice from Heaven we have heard,
The Call to rise from earth;”
So reminds Hymn #5 in the
Christian Science Hymnal.
“With God alone agree…
“And only know the real.”
We are listening, God! Thank You for the truth!
I love your re-cap of Hymn 5, with it’s pure sense of joy, to lift our thought from earth, to heaven. THANK YOU
Many who enjoy this blog, are or have been readers. Something I pray about when reading is that everyone hears and receives the communication they need. And I pray to be surprised. New interpretations come on the platform while reading and might just be what someone needs. “I will listen for thy voice” dear Father-Mother God …the only communicator to man.
I pray everyday to listen to God’s voice, to be receptive to answers. And to follow thru if the answer comes more than once. I pray everyday for strength and to know that God will not give me more than I can handle.
Thank you Evan and all for today’s lesson. ❤️
Evan, and all people with wonderful comments. This is a perfect post. Being God-centered instead of self-centered.
Wow! Today’s post is proof that Mind knows all and responds and sends the message we need! I woke up this morning filled with confusing thoughts – – who to listen to? Who to reply to? What’s the best person to go to to get the answer for this difficult situation? I’ve been bombarded with, a dozen different suggestions from well-meaning people, which has just distressed me more.
And yes, now we know!! Turn to God, listen to God, stay in God! So many loving declarations of Good today from Evan and our SV family.
In my many years of reading, which I thought was the the highest calling, before each service I always read the short poem “For the Reader.” I’ll try to find it and forward it. It’s establishing the fact that we are expressing ONLY God from the platform. It is not a personality that we are expressing; we are to be a clear conduit so that God’s voice is heard.
This very same lesson applies to our daily living: to be open, receptive, pure, free of disputes, waiting (serving) with that alert expectancy to do God’s bidding.
Thank you Evan for having this subject this morning. I know that You are always alert & listening.!
Love
This is the “time”. . . from another hymn, which we have to choose.
For your clarity, thank you Annie for sharing those wake up thoughts, “Amid the jarring SENSE” you helped me Turn to God, as well. Your refreshing thought with the “TRUE fact” leading us to ONLY express GOD from the platform, was helpful to read and APPLY, here, NOW as well as in the future (every time serving as READER).
Thank you Evan for listening to God, and sharing it with us! Just what was needed.
Love and hugs
ALWAYS! GOOD ness is immutable! Be quiet, listen to the music of Gods voice! Ask Him for patience and what u need to KNOW from what He sees and KNOWS ( A VERY IMPORTANT WORD).
Thank you Evan and all. This is very useful.
“Listen to the Secret Place” by William Robert Suddaby:
https://sentinel.christianscience.com/shared/view/1by9rknzpxc
“LISTEN TO WHAT IS” by Brett L. Stafford
From the March 1981 issue of The Christian Science Journal
Prayer isn’t a handy mortal tool
for anxiously twisting open
a faucet of Spirit—
to somehow start
God’s voice flowing.
Listening is a heartfelt dismissal
of illusionary mortal sense—
a keen, new look at eternity,
revealing untwistable Principle.
Listening is knowing
Spirit is always flowing!
Thank you so much for this very helpful sentence, fest “J” : listening is knowing and Spirit is following!♡
Such a loving Chat here, am very grateful for it!!
How very Beautiful “Listen[ing] to the Secret Place” is! Thank you dear J for sharing that
lovely article. It is where we all can dwell in “the secret place of the most High … under
the shadow of the Almighty … [H]e shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in
all thy ways” – (from the 91st Psalm) – God’s perfect dwelling place of Love and Peace.
What a wonderful place to be when we are in tune to God’s harmony in such a peaceful
way of Being… being held in the Spirit of Love’s perfection, without any angst, pressure …
just restful calm.
Finding comforting words recently for a letter to the family of a dear friend became
listening for God’s voice to find the right words to choose to help them feel eased and
supported by genuine caring and compassion.
Wonderful comments Carol. I know your eloquence will shine through in bringing much love and comfort to your dear friend’s family. 🙂
Awww, thank you, J . Actually I have never met her family or
communicated with them before this, but what I have written is pure
honesty – cherishing her wonderful characteristics and thoughtfulness,
so it was quite easy.
Wow, Evan! Thank you so much. We all need to be reminded of what “voice” we’re listening to–and let in God’s voice only. Appreciate the reminder!
Wow, thank you dear Evan, that`s the most important to do, to listen to God’s angel thoughts. thank you for this necessary reminder!
Thank you all, dear commenter friends for your healing and very helpful comments, articles and inspirations. Much Love for it to you all! 🙂
So so grateful for SpiritView and everyone’s precious comments!
Thank you Evan.
Dear Evan, thank you so much for this wonderful message, though I’m late in responding. It was perfectly suited and suited for me as a late-notice sub Reader on Sunday. I was grateful that on Wednesday last week, our Father in heaven told me that I should begin preparing to read, although I did not get the call from our Reader’s wife until Friday. Then, when I woke up on Saturday morning, sneezing and coughing made an appearance, which I had not experienced earlier in the week. But I am so grateful for the Science of Christianity made available to us by our dear Leader to apply to human circumstances. I mentally refuted the evidence on that foundation of divine law and was able to read yesterday with no material challenge to my God-given dominion and have been been free since. Thank you for enabling this chain of “Scientific” sharing. It’s a joy to participate, however late.