How Can I Know That It's Actually God's Voice?

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Ascension

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.9 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

How can you discern if the voice you're hearing is genuinely God's? How can you be sure it isn't just your own thoughts or even something deceptive?

Fr. Mike offers insight into recognizing God's guidance by asking key questions: Does the voice contradict Scripture or the teachings of the Church? Who does the voice sound like, and what are the characteristics of God's voice?

He explains that divine guidance is often confirmed by its fruitfulness—bringing lasting peace, joy, and alignment with God's will. Fr. Mike encourages us to trust God step by step. He says it does not take blind leaps to see how even the most minor acts of faith can produce meaningful fruit over time.

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0:00.0	The good news, bad news, is you won't know.
0:04.2	It's like what Smashmouth said.
0:06.5	You'll never know if you're,
0:07.8	I'm not gonna do it.
0:08.9	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz,
0:10.0	and this is Ascension presents.
0:11.1	How do I know that the voice I'm hearing
0:13.3	is the voice of God, right?
0:14.2	If I'm in prayer, I'm trying to discern the next step
0:17.0	for my life or for just today,
0:19.3	how do I know that it's not just me?
0:21.3	How do I know that it's God's voice? How do I know it's not God's voice, how do I know it's not the world?
0:25.2	You know, St Paul says that we have some enemies that we face, and we face three enemies, he names,
0:28.6	he says, he says, the world, the flesh and the devil.
0:31.0	Every one of those has a voice. And so how do I know that the voice I'm hearing is God's voice?
0:36.7	When there's all these other voices that are trying to get my attention, trying to get me to move. Here's some steps.
0:41.2	This is where it's going to be very important. First is, does that
0:44.1	voice contradict anything in scripture? Does that, does we have the word of God, right? The word of God has been given to us by the
0:51.7	Holy Spirit through the Catholic Church.
0:54.0	Hall 73 books.
0:55.2	So does this voice, this invitation, this word of command,
1:00.2	does it contradict scripture?
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