My husband sends out a weekly word of encouragement and as I was listening this morning, he asked us, “What sound are you listening to?” As he was sharing, the Lord spoke to me and said, “I am doing a sound check.”

When we planted churches in Malaysia, one of my jobs was to run the sound board, and when I was in Bible school I traveled with a ministry team and I was in charge of the sound board. I worked on an analog sound board, and now everything is digital, but when the team is doing a sound check, we are listening for any discrepancies in the sound that is being emitted.

The point of a sound check is to make sure the sound we are wanting to release, is of the highest quality, is mixed well so all instruments blend together in harmony. We are listening for any adjustments in the vocals that may need more or less reverb/gain. A sound check is necessary before the actual releasing of the sound.

The Lord said, “I am doing a sound check.” The Lord is listening to what we say and what we are hearing. He is doing a sound check. We may not speak what we are hearing but we think about what we are hearing and He is listening to our thoughts as well as our words. The Lord is doing a sound check right now.

What sound are you hearing? What sound are you thinking? What sound are you speaking? We are in the middle of a sound check. Psalm 89:15-16 says, “How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! O LORD, they walk in the light of Your countenance. In Your name they rejoice all the day, And by Your righteousness they are exalted.” Can you hear the joyful sound?

God is doing a sound check to make sure we hear the sound He is producing. It is not the sound of man’s opinions; people’s emotions; the news’ commentary; or the conspiracy theorists ideas. It is not the sound of the rapture, or the enemy at the gate, it is a joyful sound. Can you hear it? If not, don’t worry, God is doing a sound check right now to adjust you to His sound, not people’s voice. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org