| One of the number one questions Christians ask | | | | do this is through practicing some form of |
| today is, "How do we hear God's voice? How do | | | | meditation. Now don't stop reading or get scared |
| we know when God is speaking to us or when it's | | | | because meditation is just a tool used to quiet our |
| just our own thinking?" Christians desperately | | | | minds and Christian meditation fills our quiet minds |
| want to hear from God and know Him in an | | | | with God. |
| intimate and personal way. They want to know | | | | Whenever God spoke to his people, it was |
| His voice from amongst their own mental clanging | | | | generally through a still small voice or a whisper. In |
| and clutter. Some believers get discouraged and | | | | fact, when God speaks, people say it's often like |
| believe that God has nothing to say to them | | | | a knowing in your heart and mind. It's not always |
| which makes them feel unloved or inferior. | | | | words. I believe it's through the unity of the spirit |
| The good news is that God does speak to His | | | | that we connect with God in a personal way. |
| children. He did throughout the Old Testament, the | | | | Jesus said, I only do what I hear the Father telling |
| New Testament, and He does today. How do we | | | | me to do. That means there was a constant |
| know this for sure? Because the scriptures tell us | | | | fellowshipping going on between Jesus and the |
| that God is the same today, yesterday, and | | | | Father. |
| forever. However, as the years progress it | | | | God wants us to have that constant |
| appears that God's voice has become more | | | | communication as well, but first we must learn to |
| subtle. Rarely do you hear people saying that God | | | | become still and quiet our minds so we can hear |
| spoke to them in an audible voice, like he did with | | | | God speaking to us. It's generally not going to |
| Noah and Moses. We don't seem to have as | | | | happen during the hustle and bustle of daily living. |
| many anointed prophets that impart God's heart | | | | We must make an effort to stop and spend |
| to use as with Samuel, Elisha, and Elijah. | | | | some time regularly just hanging out with the |
| For these days and times, God generally speaks | | | | Lord. |
| to his children through the Holy Spirit deep inside | | | | The more control you get over your own |
| the intricate parts of their heart. Jesus said, my | | | | thoughts, the more you will be able to |
| sheep hear my voice. If you have ever been to a | | | | differentiate them from God's. Also, God's |
| sheep farm, you can see the sheep grazing | | | | thoughts will always line up with is Word so it is |
| quietly as they move from one spot to the next. | | | | equally important to spend time reading the |
| Yes, God does talk to us but the real problem is | | | | scriptures. Little by little begin to act upon the |
| that many of us are hard of hearing. We can't | | | | unctions in your heart. If your heart tells you to |
| hear God because our own mental chatter, | | | | do something good or that will bless someone and |
| mindset, and incessant thinking crowds out what | | | | then a few seconds later you try and talk |
| God may be trying to say to us. If our minds are | | | | yourself out of it, that's you talking. Often, it is |
| filled up with mental mind stuff, is there any room | | | | the first thought that seems to come out of |
| for the quiet yearnings of God. | | | | nowhere that is God speaking to us. After that, |
| Therefore the first step to hearing God more | | | | we begin to rationalize our way out of being |
| clearly is to quiet our minds and the only way to | | | | obedient or responding. |