The Making of a Voice

You know what I’ve realised? If God wants to make you a voice in an area. He won’t just hand you a microphone, He’ll hand you evidence.

Sometimes, God doesn’t make experts through impartation. He makes experts through experience. And honestly? That stings, because impartation is instant. Experience is slow. Impartation feels glamorous. Experience feels like a grind. But here’s the thing: people don’t trust slogans. They trust scars. People will trust evidence, not just titles.

Look at Abraham. We call him the father of faith. Not because God sprinkled faith dust on him, but because Abraham lived it.

God promised him a child, and then made him wait decades. Grey hairs, awkward family conversations, even moments where Abraham tried to “help God out” with his own plan. But when Isaac finally came, Abraham had earned the title “father of faith” with first-class experience. It wasn’t proclamation. It was proof.

Even Jesus didn’t skip the process. Scripture says He learned obedience through the things He suffered (Heb. 5:8). Think about that. The Son of God didn’t learn obedience by downloading heavenly PDFs. He learnt it by walking through pain, rejection, betrayal, and even death.

If Jesus Himself had to walk through it, why would we expect a shortcut?

And it’s not just Bible characters. Look at Kenneth Hagin Sr. Known worldwide as a pioneer of faith and healing. But his story didn’t start on a stage. It started as a teenager, paralysed and dying from a heart condition. Doctors gave up. His own family gave up. But Hagin grabbed hold of God’s Word, believed, and was miraculously healed.

So when he later preached about faith and healing, it wasn’t theory. He had evidence. He knew what it was to be on a sickbed, gasping for life. His message carried weight because it was forged in suffering.

Oral Roberts’ ministry wasn’t built on wishful thinking. It was built on lived testimony. When he prayed for the sick, he wasn’t guessing. He was speaking from a place of “I’ve been there. I know God heals.”