God's Voice is compared to a trumpet blast at Mount Sinai:

"...and the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder. Then Moses spoke and the Voice of God answered him." Exodus 19:19

"When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled in fear. They stayed at a distance and said to Moses; "Speak to us yourself and we will listen, but do not have God speak to us or we will die." Exodus 20:18-19

Some questions to stoke discussion:

*Why didn't the people want to hear His Voice?
Was it fear? Conviction? The overwhelming knowledge of their own sinfulness compared to the perfect holiness of the Living God?
They still wanted to know what He had to say, just not from Him. Hmmm...

These days, we ask to hear a Word from the Lord. However, when the time comes, do we actually want to hear Him speak? Or do we chicken out too? Who then will be our Moses and hear His Voice on our behalf?

What holds us back from the desire to hear God's Voice?
We are meant to learn from the mistakes of the children of Israel and ultimately as the Gentiles, our relationship with God is meant to make the Israelites envious for a personal relationship with the Living God, we aren't meant to follow in their footsteps at rejecting the Lord's desire for intimacy.

Ruhani