Discernment" Witness Pt. 3 - Apr. 26th, 2026 - Pastor Bennett Glubish

``If you want to hear his comforting voice, you have to listen to his convicting voice. And it's often what we want to hear least that we need to hear the most. Trust me though, You want to hear what he has to say. Are you ready to tune out the noise? To pay attention to the whisper of God? The nudging of the Holy Spirit? Are you willing to spend time in silence? You comfortable with that? Because silence isn't passive waiting. It's actually proactive listening, saying, God, I'm here. Speak to me. [00:43:34] (35 seconds)  #HearHisWhisper

Are you crying out for wisdom? Are you crying out for discernment? Are you praying, Lord, give me discernment and that's enough? Are you actually spending time saying, Lord, give me the discernment I need. Lord, I do not know what to do next. Lord, I'm on my knees before you. Lord, speak to me. Are you crying out from the depths of your soul asking for it? James one verse five to eight in the message says, if you don't know what you're doing, pray to the father. He loves to help. [00:44:55] (33 seconds)  #CryOutForWisdom

Certainly Elijah has experienced God's sovereignty over nature and has benefited from miraculous fire, but what he needs now is a definitive word from the Lord. Have any of you ever felt like Elijah? You came off of a high powerful moment where you saw God at work. You felt everything in this worship service in an evening and you're like, I am ready to take on the world. And then a day later, you're feeling depressed. You're feeling lonely. You're feeling isolated. [00:41:34] (30 seconds)  #PostSpiritualHigh

Are you constantly questioning your purpose, your direction in life? Pray. Ask for wisdom. Ask for discernment. Be like king Solomon who could have asked for anything from the Lord, but he said, Lord, give me wisdom, understanding, and the ability to discern right from wrong. Proverbs two verse three to six says, cry out for insight. Ask for understanding. Search for them as you would for silver. Seek them like hidden treasures. Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord and you will gain knowledge of God. [00:44:13] (35 seconds)  #SeekWisdomLikeSolomon

Oh, wait. But what happens when it gets foggy and gray and it's not so obvious what I need to do? When it seems like there's a thousand choices, which one of them should I be doing? Where is this power? Where is the Holy Spirit? Why is God not speaking to me in those moments? And then I ask the question back to you. Are you so sure that God wasn't speaking to you? Or did you just not hear it? Was there too much noise and distraction in the way that you missed it altogether? [00:39:16] (34 seconds)  #ClearTheNoise

And that power that you just saw seems so far gone. You don't even know how to discern anything anymore. Looking at right and wrong just becomes a chore. Are we seeking miracles? Are we seeking the power of God? Or are we truly seeking a relationship with him? Allowing him to speak to us. And this is where discernment is formed. It's not formed in the powerful moments and the miraculous on display. It's formed in the little moments where we're spending time listening to him. [00:42:03] (31 seconds)  #DiscernmentInTheSmallMoments

And then there are still others in this room that when you hear about discernment and God's voice, it only brings back painful memories of people who may have deceived you under the phrase of, but the Lord told me this. And you've experienced that pain. Tyler Staten says, to hear and live by God's voice, it would seem, is one of the most potent and most dangerous aspects of Christian spirituality. Nothing matters more than learning to discern the voice of God, and yet few things in life are more susceptible to pain, abuse, delusion, and deception. [00:37:19] (36 seconds)  #GuardAgainstFalseVoices

But if we do not know scripture, if we're unaware of what it actually says, then how can we know how to respond and take an honest look at the world, at our lives, at our futures, at decisions we face every day. How do we feel comfortable making them if we don't know what this book has to say? How can we truly discern? You wanna hear from God to tell you every single moment, but he's already given us his word here. And if you don't spend time in this word, don't expect him to speak to you when you're sitting at the side of your bed waiting for If you never open these pages, he's already given you his words. [00:48:46] (40 seconds)  #KnowScriptureToDiscern