Hear God

Call to Me and I will answer you, and tell you [and even show you] great and mighty things, [things which have been confined and hidden], which you do not know and understand and cannot distinguish. Jeremiah 33:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)

I was sitting in my quiet time just listening before the Lord. I had my journal and I was prepared to write whatever instructions he had for me. It had gotten so quiet that I was beginning to think that I was not hearing God. Then all of a sudden I heard him say, I want you to write these topics down for the week and these will be your topics for your daily tapings. I mean just like that! God gave me the topics I needed!

Later that day, God told me to tell the people how they can hear from him. I thought, well, I hear from you all the time. I have gotten accustom to your voice. If you are seeking God, then you need to go to a place where you can quiet your mind and wait on him. You have to give him your undivided attention and be ready to listen. Many times we hear God, but are we “actively” listening to do what he is instructing us to do? I remember when I first started to really seek God. I cleaned out a closet that was full of clothes and I put a pillow, blanket, writing pen and journal in the closet. I prayed over the closet and I asked God to meet me in there. When I would go to the closet, it was usually in the evening and I would knock on the door. I would wait to hear God give me permission to come in. At the time I did not realize, he was teaching me how to hear from him. 

As I was writing this, my thoughts went to Daniel and how he sought God through prayer and fasting. When he needed to interpret the King’s dream God answered his prayer. Moses always went up to the mountain and he heard from God. Abraham would hear him in his thoughts through the night. 

In all of these situations it required positioning of the heart and giving attention to listening. When we want to hear from someone, we give them our undivided attention. It is the same with God. When you want to hear God speak to you, you must seek him with all of your heart. The word says that those who seek him will find him. If we knock, he will answer. I am reminded of Job. He sought God to understand what was happening to him. Although he had to wait for sometime, God came to him and answered him. I love that God answered Job with questions that Job could not answer. Many times we think that we have a justified reason to complain about the bad things going on in our lives, but God always has the right answer for it that we could never have imagined! 

I remember when I was complaining to God about something my husband did. I can’t even remember what the complaint was about, but I remember God answering me with a question. He said to me, “Which one of your husband’s good attributes would you like me to remove to replace it with the issue you are complaining about?” Yeah, I was like, “Never mind God. Perhaps you are just working on me!” 

To truly hear God it requires that you to do something. It requires active listening!

Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11

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