In Psalm 95 it is written by THE SPIRIT:
6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
7 For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand.
Today, if you will hear His voice:
8 “Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As in the day of trial in the wilderness,
9 When your fathers tested Me; They tried Me, though they saw My work.
10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation, And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts,
And they do not know My ways.’
11 So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”
How do we enter the rest spoken of in the above passage? By hearing HIS Voice. We must come to the realization that if we were unable to hear FATHER, HE would not have directed us to seek HIM in this manner. Therefore the issue is not HIM but it lies with us and our pursuit of this level of relationship. We must overcome the flesh and the old man who would convince us that hearing in THE SPIRIT is impossible. Some men will simply mimic what they have seen like children mimicking their parents rather than pursuing a true and pure relationship with FATHER. As we intend to become sensitive to hearing HIS Voice, FATHER will respond for HE knows our hearts. In Hebrews chapter 4, it is written by THE SPIRIT:
11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.
12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
Don’t kid yourself, FATHER knows what is going on inside you and you can’t hide your true intent. Given that reality, simply repent and go forth in the understanding that HE is quite aware of your weaknesses, thoughts, and pursuits. Come clean with HIM and start rejecting thoughts that are contrary to HIS Word. It is your choice to what thoughts your entertain. When your mind brings up an impure thought, reject it and choose to think pure thoughts. Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Philippians chapter 4:
8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.
9 The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.
As you improve your hearing toward FATHER you will begin to rest in all that you do. Your anxiety level will go down and no matter what the world throws at you, your state of rest will not be affected. Is there any greater priority than hearing HIS Voice and entering into HIS Rest?