“Who Told You That?”
Learning to Recognize the Voice That Shapes Your Identity
The First Question After the Fall
This morning Papa’s words echoed in my heart:
“Who told you that?”
It’s the question He asked Adam and Eve after they hid in shame.
And it was not because God needed information.
He never asks a question to learn something —
He asks a question to reveal something.
He wanted Adam and Eve to stop and consider:
“Whose voice did I listen to that made me hide from Love?”
Every lie we believe begins with a voice we shouldn’t trust.
And nothing has changed.
We still hide.
We still shrink.
We still rehearse a false identity as though it’s gospel truth.
And the Father is still asking,
“Who told you that?”
The Lies We Believe Didn’t Come From God
I can’t count how many times I’ve heard people say things like:
“I’m a failure.”
“I’m too much.”
“I’m not enough.”
“I’ll always struggle.”
“I ruin every good thing.”
“No one would stay if they really knew me.”
“I don’t matter.”
“I’m too broken.”
And every time I want to ask:
Who told you that?
Because it wasn’t Abba Father.
It wasn’t Jesus.
It wasn’t the Spirit.
None of those voices sounds like God’s.
None of them breathe hope.
None of them carries life.
None of them reflects Reality as Jesus defines it.
They are echoes from the same serpent that whispered in Eden,
trying to convince beloved sons and daughters to hide from the very One who delights in them.
The Voice You Believe Shapes the Life You Live
The lie you agree with becomes the story you inhabit.
The enemy doesn’t need to overpower you —
he only needs you to believe a false narrative about yourself.
If he can get you to agree with a lie,
you will live as though it’s true.
And the tragedy is this:
Every lie you believe steals a piece of the life you were meant to bring into your community.
When you shrink, the Body loses part of its reflection of Jesus.
When you hide, people miss the beauty God placed inside you to bless them.
When you agree with shame, you withhold the love you were designed to radiate.
Lies don’t just affect individuals —
they diminish the communities we are called to build.
Your Freedom Begins With a Question
Whenever shame speaks, whenever fear rises, whenever old narratives surface, pause and ask:
“Who told me that?”
Because the Father’s voice always carries:
Hope.
Belonging.
Identity.
Tenderness.
Future.
Light.
Joyous expectation of goodness.
Jesus said,
“My sheep know My voice.” (John 10:27)
He didn’t say we might know it —
He said we do.
His voice is the one reminding you:
“You are My beloved.”
“You are safe in Me.”
“You are wanted.”
“There is nothing wrong with how I made you.”
“You belong here.”
“You carry My image.”
“I delight in you.”
Any other voice is an intruder.
A pretender.
A counterfeit father.
And the moment you ask,
“Who told me that?”
the lie begins to lose its power.
Because now you’ve brought it into the light
— and Truth Himself meets you there.
Reflection
What accusation, shame, or false identity has tried to speak over your heart?
Whose voice have you believed that doesn’t sound like the Father?
How might Jesus be calling you back to Reality today?
Prayer