Trusting God’s Voice

Send us a note!The world can repeat a message so often that it starts to feel like truth, even when it’s hollow. We slow down and ask a sharper question: can you actually recognize God’s voice when everything else is competing for your trust? From the Mountain Cross in Waynesville, North Carolina, Pastor Carl opens Isaiah 45 to show why God never speaks darkness, never manipulates, and never lies, and why that matters when the “spirit of this age” keeps offering counterfeit hope.We talk through the jarring images Isaiah uses to humble us: potsherds arguing on the floor, clay questioning the potter, and a human heart that wants to correct its own Creator. Then we face a surprising storyline where God calls and directs Cyrus, an unlikely pagan ruler, to accomplish His plan. That’s not a footnote, it’s a challenge to our assumptions about control, obedience, and who God is allowed to use.The message turns toward salvation and the future, where nations ultimately recognize there is no other God. Isaiah’s invitation is simple and sweeping: “Look to Me and be saved.” We connect that promise to Jesus on the cross and to Philippians 2, where every knee bows and every tongue confesses that Jesus Christ is Lord, either as worship or as judgment.Listen, reflect, and share this with someone who feels pulled by a hundred voices right now. If it helps you, subscribe, leave a review, and tell us what helps you discern truth when life gets loud.What makes a Calvary Chapel a Calvary Chapel. Join Pastor Carl as he goes through one of the Calvary Chapel Distinctives on The Mountain Cross Minute. The 20th anniversary of Facing the Giants, Monday September 14 - 6:30PM at the Smoky Mountain Cinema in Waynesville.Come On Up is the radio ministry of The Mountain Cross in Waynesville North Carolina. To learn more about us please visit: TheMountainCross.com.