當醫生將助聽器放進小寶寶瑞瑞的耳朵裡時，瑞瑞在媽媽懷裡使勁地扭動哭叫。但是在醫生啟動助聽器一會兒之後，瑞瑞就不再哭泣了，而且還張大眼睛，咧嘴笑了起來。因他可以聽見媽媽的聲音了，聽見媽媽安慰他、鼓勵他，並且喊他的名字。

小寶寶瑞瑞固然能聽見媽媽說話，但他仍需要協助，好讓他學習如何辨認媽媽的聲音，並且明白媽媽所說的是什麼意思。耶穌邀請人們進入類似的學習過程。一旦我們接受基督為救主，我們就成為祂所熟知的小羊，而且祂會親自引導我們（約翰福音10章3節）。當我們練習聆聽祂的聲音，就能越來越信靠祂、順服祂（4節）。

在舊約中，上帝透過先知說話。在新約裡，這位降世為人的耶穌直接向人們說話。今天，基督徒已獲得聖靈的能力，聖靈會幫助我們，瞭解與順從上帝的話語，也就是上帝所啟示並記載於聖經內的真理。耶穌會透過聖經以及祂的子民向我們說話，而我們可以藉著禱告直接與耶穌交談。當我們能夠認出上帝的聲音（祂所說的必定與聖經記載的完全一致），我們就會揚聲感恩讚嘆：「上帝啊，我聽見祢了！」

Baby Graham fussed and wiggled as his mother held him in her lap while the doctors inserted his first hearing aid. Moments after the doctor turned on the device, Graham stopped crying. His eyes widened. He grinned. He could hear his mother’s voice comforting him, encouraging him, and calling his name.

Baby Graham heard his mother speaking, but he needed help learning how to recognize her voice and understand the meaning of her words. Jesus invites people into a similar learning process. Once we accept Christ as our Savior, we become the sheep He knows intimately and guides personally (John 10:3). We can grow to trust and obey Him as we practice hearing and heeding His voice (v. 4).

In the Old Testament, God spoke through the prophets. In the New Testament, Jesus—God in the flesh—spoke directly to people. Today, believers in Jesus have access to the power of the Holy Spirit, who helps us understand and obey God’s words which He inspired and preserved in the Bible. We can communicate directly with Jesus through our prayers as He speaks to us through Scripture and through His people. As we come to recognize God’s voice, which is always in alignment with His words in the Bible, we can cry out with grateful praise, “I hear You, God!”