Hearing God Practical Tips #43

Summary:

As God’s people, we should all be hearing God’s voice, and not just a select few. God wants to speak to all of us. You can develop a sense of hearing Him on the run, but it is much better if you take the time to sit down, quiet your spirit, eliminate the distractions, and just listen for Him to speak to you. Even more important than that is to just learn how to enjoy God’s presence through all of this. If you make this a priority, God will start to talk to you in some way.

Show Notes

• Learning God’s voice is not for a select few leaders of the church. It’s for all of us to be able to hear Him, whether it be by an audible voice, a small still voice, or so many other ways that He can, and does, speak to us.

• There were many times when Jesus would sneak away to be with the Father. He took the time to be in God’s presence

• When I’m sitting quietly with the Lord, sometimes I hear Him and sometimes I don’t, but the real prize is the presence of the Lord, and just learning to enjoy Him.

• When faced with a situation of some sort, if you are the kingdom person in the picture, take that to the Father and see what He tells you about it before you proceed. When you feel that you have something from the Lord, don’t be afraid to step into it. We all miss at times, but let’s not miss by playing it safe and doing nothing about it.

Quotes:

• God is still speaking. When I say, “Well, I heard God”, people automatically think that I heard this big, booming voice from heaven. I’ve never heard Him that way, but I believe that there’s a steady flow of information coming from the throne of God in our direction all the time, and God wants to speak to us.

• You can hear God on the run, but there’s just something different, more profound, and better about sitting down, taking the time, learning to push out the distractions, and just make it a point to be quiet before the Father.

• There’s a general mentality in the whole body of Christ that God uses the preacher, pastor or leader to speak to them. And, most people are waiting for someone else to tell them what God’s saying to them. What a misconception!

References:

John 10:27

Takeaways:

God desperately wants to be with us and to speak to us. Our relationship with Him means everything to Him. If you will just be willing to take to time to spend with Him, it won’t be long before He starts to speak to you in some way.