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Dr. Mark Virkler had a very important revelation about how to hear God’s voice. This he was taught by the Spirit of God from the book of Habakkuk, chapter two.
- I will take my stand to watch,
and station myself on the tower,
and look forth to see what he will say to me,
and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
And the Lord answered me:
“Write the vision;
make it plain upon tablets,
so he may run who reads it.
For still the vision awaits its time;
it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seem slow, wait for it;
it will surely come, it will not delay.
Behold, he whose soul is not upright in him shall fail,
but the righteous shall live by his faith. (Habakkuk 2:1-4)
Dr. Mark Virkler had tried various approaches to find favor with God in the hope of hearing His voice. In his book 4 Keys To Hearing God’s Voice, Dr Mark Virkler writes:
I read and memorized Scripture. I went to Bible college. I became an ordained pastor. I prayed and fasted. I obeyed the Lord’s commands to the best of my ability. And I closely questioned people who professed to hear from God, since I still didn’t know what His voice sounded like. Their favorite answer seemed to be, “You know that you know that you know.” Well, that didn’t help me because I didn’t know, and that is why I was asking them! I could not hear Him, see Him, or feel Him, and yet I was taught and believed that I had a relationship with Him. If I were married to someone I could not hear, see, or feel, I would be quite disappointed in my marriage relationship! It appeared to me that my “relationship” with Jesus was rather thin. It sure seemed more like a theology about Jesus than a relationship with Him.[1]
The four keys to hearing God’s voice and applying what God is saying to you in your life, after having entered into a relationship with Him through Lord Jesus Christ and being baptized in the Holy Spirit, are taken from Habakkuk chapter two, verses one to three. Although, the following draws from verses one to four:
- Stillness: Quiet yourself so you can hear God’s voice. (I will take my stand to watch,and station myself on the tower,and look forth to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.)
- Vision: Look for vision as you pray. (Write the vision; make it plain upon tablets, so he may run who reads it. For still the vision awaits its time.)
- Spontaneity: Recognize God’s voice as spontaneous thoughts that light upon your mind. (It will not lie. If it seem slow, wait for it.)
- Journaling: Write down that flow of thoughts and pictures. (Behold, he whose soul is not upright in him shall fail, but the righteous shall live by his faith.)
It is possible to receive personal revelation from Almighty God through the process of journaling, by learning to wait upon the Holy Spirit to guide and influence your thoughts, so that you may write them down, least you forget what the Spirit is saying to you. Many do not have an ear to hear what the Spirit says (Romans 11:8 cf. Revelation 2:7 and Revelation 2:11).
Bigoted indoctrinated religionists, who claim their dogmatic assumptions are the truth, reject the idea of having a personal relationship with Lord Jesus Christ. The dogmatists prefer their interpretation of the Bible, or a false belief system of philosophical thought, rather than acknowledging what the inspired written word actually states.
Instead of seeking the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ out, so they can be baptized in the Holy Spirit, religion’s bigots prefer to criticize those who have been baptized in the promised gift that brings eternal assurance. Because they detest the truth, bigoted dogmatists criticize people, who have been baptized in the Holy Spirit, as being exhibitionists suffering from a severe bout of uncontrollable emotionalism—once referred to as hysteria. Somehow the reality that love is an emotion—by which Jesus said that His disciples would be known—escapes every person big on bigotry and bereft of truth.
God is love. And love is poured into the hearts of genuine disciples by the Holy Spirit.
- And hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us. (Romans 5:5)
Now if love were solely an act of the will, how could it be poured into a person’s heart, unless it is a different composition to that of the will?
When a person says, “I will pour milk into the cup,” and does, the will is not poured into the cup, but the milk—even though the pouring of the milk is an act of the will.
Habakkuk, chapter two, is not exactly speaking about the love of God being poured into the hearts of those who earnestly desire a relationship with the Creator of the Universe, but it does inform about receiving vision from Him.
Vision is given to those whom God loves. Love is only understood within a relationship. Therefore, those who have sought God out, and have found Him, do not just know that they know something has occurred, they have begun to experience a vibrant relationship with their Lord and Savior.
Dr. Mark Virker’s experience is slightly different to the brief notation accompanying each point above, denoting the four keys to hearing God’s voice—stillness, vision, spontaneity, and journaling. For Mark Virkler concentrates on Habakkuk, chapter two, verses one to three.
The above reference to the four keys includes verse four of Habakkuk chapter two, and incorporates a different slant in the trajectory to reach the apex, where the voice of God can be readily heard. Therefore, note well: it is only by faith that people journal.
- Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:1)
- But he who has doubts is condemned … because he does not act from faith; for whatever does not proceed from faith is sin. (Romans 14:23)
The above is not an exposition of the whole of the chapter. Nevertheless, it is written by faith in the hope that this might be of some assistance in pointing out at least the significance of the first few verses of the chapter.
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