Scripture. 

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 "And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left".

 Message: 

  It is important to pay attention to the voice of your teachers, pastor, spiritual father and covering. One of the ways God reaches out to His sheep is through the shepherd that He has placed over them. As long as you are in proximity to your teachers, you will hear something from God. There are things that God will never tell Israel directly except through Moses. 

God wanted to reach out to Samuel in the Scriptures, God had to go through Eli his pastor. ‭1 Samuel 3:8 (KJV‬) says, "And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child". God leveraged on the experience, expertise and years of relationship with Him that Eli had to help Samuel to understand His voice. 

 God was using the voice of Eli to call Samuel. God uses the voice, face, picture and covering of your father, pastor and teachers to speak to His own. It is important as a balance for you to know that, whatever God says through anyone must agree with your inner witness. Never swallow everything coming from outside without your personal conviction. 

 One of the things I am privileged do is that I hear the voice of my Pastor daily. It may be through a message on social media, mobile phone, online meeting or physically. But I hear the voice of my own pastor and shepherd daily. And God is using this to help me exceptionally and to avert many impending calamities. Refuse to joke with or trivialise the voice of your shepherd.