How Does Fear Keep You From Hearing God? (Luke 1:5-25) | Daily Devotional & Bible Study

Hearing Jesus: Daily Bible Study, Daily Devotional, Prayer, Hearing God & Christian Affirmations · Sep 17, 2026 · 40m

When Fear Drowns Out God's Voice: Zechariah and Elizabeth: Luke 1:5-25

There are things that keep us from hearing God, and fear is one of the loudest. Not because God stops speaking, but because fear gets between us and what He is saying.

Zechariah is a hard case to dismiss. He came from a priestly family, Scripture calls him righteous, and it says he walked blamelessly. He was literally in the middle of serving God when God spoke to him. And he still couldn't hear it, because he had waited and prayed so many years that the fear of another disappointment had gotten louder than the voice in…