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“If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts.” 

Psalm 95:8

It is indeed very seldom that people hear God’s audible voice, but there have been instances, and usually lives are changed radically. I was listening to the amazing testimony of Mike Shreve last night. He was a yoga instructor in four universities, and he even led an ashram. He thought these yoga disciplines would awaken the divine power within him, and he was earnestly seeking for the truth in Buddhism, Sikhism, Hinduism, and New Age spirituality. 

One day he received a letter from an old friend named Larry who told him he got born again. Mike was so intrigued because his friend said he had walked into a church and he heard an audible voice say, “Jesus is the only way.” Mike did not want to overlook anything that might be the truth so he decided to dedicate one day to Jesus. He knew that the god of Eastern religions was an impersonal life force but Larry was talking about a God who was personal. So he prayed, "If You are the Savior of the world, and if You rose from the dead and You are the only incarnation of God, then give me a sign today." 

Mike was not aware that there was a prayer group in town that read about him from an article in the Tampa Tribune. They tacked it to their prayer board and there were people praying and fasting for him at all hours of the day! On the day Mike decided to concentrate on finding the truth about Jesus, he had to hitchhike because he did not have a car, and he was continually praying, "Jesus, if You're the answer, this is Your day." In another side of town, one of the members of the prayer group was walking into a laundromat with an armful of dirty clothes, when God spoke to him to get back in his van. 

Obediently, the man stopped what he was doing and got behind the wheel, and just followed whatever God instructed him to do! He saw Mike hitchhiking and pulled over. Mike was still praying his prayer about asking Jesus for a sign. When he opened the door of the van, his heart jumped because on the ceiling of the van, there was a taped picture of Jesus! Within a few minutes, the driver of the van invited Mike to receive Jesus in his heart, and ever since then, Mike has been believing, evangelizing in the streets of America, and seeing miracles of conversion. Like what happened to the Jewish wife of his cousin. She ran out of the church in fear after Mike prayed over his cousin and his cousin got healed and started speaking in tongues. Right before she got out the door, she looked back and on the wall was a cross. She heard an audible voice, "I am Yeshua. I am Your Messiah. Surrender your life to Me," and ran to the altar instead. 

God can speak to us in all sorts of creative ways. This Lent, let us ask Him to show us His face and bring healing, restoration, and whatever we need to get closer to Him. He is Yeshua, our Redeemer and Lord. He gave His life for us!