The Voice

“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me.”  Revelation 3:20

This is a conditional promise, as He will not knock on the heart door of those who are satisfied with simply knowing “about” Him.  Rather, He ever seeks those who desire to personally and intimately know Him.  Paul’s prayer was “That I may know Him....” (Philippians 3:10)
We can only know the Lord in this way (intimacy), by spending time with Him in His Presence. The Lord seeks those who desire to experience His manifest presence, and receive understanding concerning His ways (I will sup with him and he with Me). “If any man hear My voice.”  The “if” tells us that the ability to hear the voice of the Lord must be cultivated.  We cannot develop our ability to hear from the Lord (our spiritual ear), unless we first learn to “wait for the Lord,” and then in response to His knocking on the door of our spirit, “wait with Him,” spending quality time in His presence. As the Lord comes to “sup with us,” and then, “we with Him,” we will increasingly be able to recognize His voice. As we "sow in the spirit" we will reap something of eternal value