Hear
I’m not always fond of looking up words, especially when I think I know the meaning. So when the Holy Spirit prompted me to look up the word “hear”, I was a little irritated. I find it strange that we ask God for more wisdom and knowledge, He tries to give us what we ask for but we do not want to do the work to receive the blessing. Because truthfully, my irritation came from just not wanting to do the work. (Father, thank you for that revelation and I ask for forgiveness for my sin). My God, help us! When I looked up the word I gained more understanding to the meaning of the intransitive verb:
Hear
Intransitive verb
to have the capacity of perceiving sound: to be able to become aware of sound
: to gain information
: to receive communication
: to entertain the idea—used in the negative
This definition, of course, goes right along with what the Holy Spirit put in my heart to write about. When we hear from God we do not hear Him with our ears. He speaks to us deep down where our spirit resides. When we listen with our spirit we have the capacity to perceive the voice of God. We can hear Him speaking and we gain wisdom and knowledge from Him. We hear Him speaking through our spirit, especially when we sit and read the Bible. God is Spirit, so He communicates to us through our spirit. We use our flesh to communicate with everyone else but not with God.
Now Satan is a spirit and he also communicates to us through our spirit. As much as we don’t want to listen to him, he consistently agrees with our fleshy ways and pounds at the door of our spirit, wanting us to have a dialogue with him.
But praise God that He sent the Holy Spirit who helps us hear God’s voice and to fight off attacks from the enemy. It is so imperative that we listen to and move with the Holy Spirit! Jesus told the disciples to wait for the Spirit to come upon them before they moved into the calling God had for their lives.
I have heard many people say that God does not speak to them, but I know those words are so far from the truth. God speaks to us all the time (Job 33:14), we are just not listening. When we try to hear God with our flesh we will miss Him because He speaks to us in the spirit.
If you want to hear God speak to you, find a quiet place to sit and invite Him in. He will be right there with you and you will hear His voice. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. Revelations 3:20, KJV
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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