What Every Baby Knows

John 15:1-5

"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away (lifts up); and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
"I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing."

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How do you learn to hear God's voice or know when He is speaking to you?  It's a question we've all struggled with.  Does the Bible give us any clues?  Yes!
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Children Of God. 
John 1:12 says, "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."
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First of all, Jesus calls us, "Children of God," and then Paul calls us, "sons of God and heirs." 
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How are we sons of God?  In Galatians 3:26-27 says:  "For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ."
In Galatians 4:6-7 he goes on to say, "And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.  
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We become sons and daughters of God by faith in Christ. 
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What Does Every Baby Know?
Consider what even the tiniest, weakest little infant knows instinctively about his mother.   She can be among a room full of other people, voices all clamoring together in a jumble of noise.  Yet even the newest of new-born babies knows his mother's voice.  He can pick her out of any crowd.  

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What Every Mother Knows.
His mother is no less instinctive.  Even though the wildest of storms is raging outside, loud thunder crashing, a young mother can sleep peacefully right through it. But if that little baby makes even the tiniest squeek or the weakest cry, she is instantly awake, on her feet and rushing to her child's side.
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Jesus Calmed The Storm.

That is just like our wonderful Jesus! He was fast asleep in the stern of that boat during the wild storm on the sea of Galilee which threatened to capsize the disciple's boat. But at the cry of His loved ones, He was instantly awake.  He calmly stood to His feet, rebuked the wind and waves, and the storm ceased. 

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The storm didn't concern Him.  The storm didn't wake Him.  He would have slept right through it except for the terrified cries of His disciples.  That's what moved Him!  
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In the text Greek it says that afterward there was a "mega calm!!"
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You Know His Voice. 
Church, you don't have to jump through hoops to hear your Daddy's voice.  You don't have to take a class in knowing how to hear Him.  You know His voice.  He says so.

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"My sheep hear my voice and I know them AND THEY FOLLOW ME," it says in John 10:27. 
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He also said, "I AM the vine, you ARE the branches."  He didn't say, "Try to be the branches." Your simply "ARE" by abiding and resting in Him.  How do you do that?  Know how much you are LOVED."  After that, listening and hearing is effortless!  You KNOW His voice, and it is the sweetest sound in the world!  
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What a wonderful Savior we have! That is how He takes care of us.  That's how much He loves us.  
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Simply rest in Him.  KNOW you are His beloved, and you will KNOW instinctively what every baby knows.