The Voice of Truth

"Out of all the voices calling out to me, I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth." Those are words in a song sung by Casting Crowns and tonight they have been repeating in my mind continuously. It seems that the closer we get to God answering this prayer, the more Satan creeps in with words of doubt and ridicule. Satan has been relentless in the past several days in reminding me of all the times I have tried to step out in faith and failed. He seems particularly interested in pointing out all the ways I have failed even in this prayer. I think we are finally at a point in this prayer where he is concerned and maybe even a little scared that God is going to come through on this and he's fighting back and he's fighting dirty.
What God has reminded me of tonight is that the voice of mocking will never be His. Jesus understands perfectly what I feel, He agonized in prayer too. Not once in the Bible do you read of Jesus discouraging His followers or pointing out the ways they've failed in the past, no His is a voice of encouragement, a voice of hope. The confusion too is not from Him. He has always been very clear in His Word what He expects and what He wants; it's Satan who tries to mix things up. As for doubt, well, that's Satan's trade, it is, after all, how he got Eve to eat from the tree.
The Bible says of Jesus, "My sheep know my voice." I know the voice of God and I am learning to better recognize the voice of Satan, so what choice do I make tonight? "I choose to listen and believe the voice of truth."