I don’t really hear voices in my head in the audible sense. Mostly, I just hear music all the time. Sometimes, I catch myself singing the most random songs from out of nowhere that have nothing to do with anything in my life and that I haven’t heard on the radio in years. Where do those come from?

I do know voices in my head, though. I have plenty of experience with that. You know, the voices that tell you you’re really not good enough. That you don’t have anything to offer anyone and the world would be better off without you. That one day the people will find out what you’re really like and bail on you. Those are a few of the many voices out there.

I think the devil can speak into your head and make it sound like your own thoughts. Like you’re the one who’s down on yourself, when really it’s not even you speaking. Or worse yet, the devil can sometimes sound in your own mind like the Holy Spirit, but instead of convicting, he condemns.

No matter how many voices are speaking, only One matters. That voice belongs to God. He alone has the right and authority to speak into your life. And what does He say? Is His voice any different than the multitude of others? I answer with a most emphatic YES!

If you are in Christ, God says that when He sees you, He sees Christ. He is telling you right now that you are covered in Christ’s blood, and that makes you pure and righteous and holy. He sees perfect obedience, not your own shameful record of screwing up. He sees you not as messed-up and broken, but as a beautiful masterpiece that He created. He’s not angry with you or waiting for you to fall so He can smite you. He is perfectly pleased with you. All because of Jesus.

Listen to that One voice. In the night, He will sing over you. In the day, He will speak to you through sunrises, soft breezes, texts from friends, unexpected calls, smiles from strangers, and most of all through His Word. All the condemnation that you once deserved fell on Christ on the cross and now you have been made worthy through the blood to be an co-heir with Christ– that is, to share in His blessings and privileges.

When the other voices try to drown out His voice, you speak the blood against them and remind the ones speaking that they no longer have the right or authority to speak into your life anymore. Only One does. The One who is singing and rejoicing over you right now. God.

Amen and amen.