His Voice

John 10:16

… they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd.

Here we could stop and ask the question again, regarding the recent election, why then do we pray and ask God who is to be our president and then we vote differently than our fellow believer, who prayed to the same God?  Of course, we are not clones of one another, but why do we hear different answers?

This verse seems to indicate that those who know HIM will hear his voice and become one flock WITH one shepherd – Jesus – the Good Shepherd.

Some may say we all don’t hear correctly, because of sin or prejudice or blockages in our hearing due to our own life experiences.

But I don’t think that’s it.

We can all vote differently, and yet still hear his voice and be one with Him.  Part of hearing His voice is hearing him say to love our neighbor as ourselves, and what better circumstance to show that love than during an election?

I might say that those who have criticized, unfriended, and shot down their brother or sister for voting the way they did apparently didn’t hear His voice at all….

That’s my opinion, of course.