NASAdude

There are so many ideas (voices?) running through my head, that it's difficult to know what to do. Commonly the argument is made that the instruction or information should stand up to scrutiny from the bible. But we all know that any nutter (like you... you're hearing voices) can pull anything they want from the bible. So maybe the bible isn't the ultimate test. Another method is to run the idea by your religious peers and leaders. That sounds like a good idea, but consider why God would be speaking to you. God would need to intervene if you wouldn't make a choice according to God's will. But if you're leading a faithful life, you're already doing your best to lead your life according to the bible and according to the interpretation provided by your denomination and that of your local leaders. That said, the instruction will be contrary to the advice that you'd get from your religious peers and leaders. So now we know we shouldn't test the voice against 1) the bible or 2) your peers and leaders. Now we're in a quandary.

Or are we? Just obey the voice. It's clear that if someone has the ability to speak directly into your mind, you probably don't want to piss them off. Just do what they say.

What if there is conflicting information? First let's assume all the voices sound the same with the exception of your own thoughts. (Certainly you know what you are thinking, right?) One voice says turn left, one says turn right, and your thought is to go straight. As previously said, don't piss of anyone who can put a outside thought into your head. So don't go straight. It's either left or right. Even if you wanted, referring to the bible or a peer/leader wouldn't help, since to us mere mortals there is no morally better choice between the two. In that case, how does one follow God's will? I don't know; flip a coin. (Hey, if you believe that God can speak to you, you'd better believe that God can influence a simple coin toss.)

Here's another argument for not running the voice's information by your peers/leaders.

Perhaps it's best to not share with others that you hear voices. In fact, when God talks to someone these days, there is likely a requisite condition that they not speak of it to anyone.

Why?

Quite simply, if that person was supposed to know what you were told, God would tell that person directly. It would be presumptuous to think that you know better than God.

From My Heart's Cry by Anne Graham Lotz, (free during December, '04)

"God told me to tell you that you are supposed to marry me." I received that astonishing bit of information on a lined sheet of notebook paper that had food stains on it when I was fourteen years of age! ... I remember writing back rather crisply, "Well, He hasn't told me!"
... Some church leaders publicly expressed disapproval of my ministry because I was willing to speak when there were men in the audience. And their stand was based on what they said God says.
A typical argument from one of these men was something like this: "God told me that you as a woman are not to speak to an audience in which there are men. God has also told me women are not to be preachers."
My initial reaction was the same as it was when I was fourteen: "Well, God hasn't told me!"

So just keep the voices to yourself! If it's important, God will tell whoever needs to know Himself. If it's not God, then you won't embarrass yourself.