God’s a talker. He’s not silent. By speaking He created all that exists. From the beginning to the end, the Bible is about God communicating to people.
Hear now, this very moment. Listen to the Holy Spirit and be a Jesus sheep.
Jesus is the Word. He is the Creator who “became flesh and dwelt among us.” Jesus said: “My sheep hear My voice.” Be one of His sheep. Listen to, follow, and obey His voice throughout each day.
Always rely on the Good Shepherd. “Lean not to your own understanding, but in all your ways acknowledge Him,” and consistently depend on and obey His voice. Let Him “direct your path.” Keep your inner ears ever attentive to the risen Jesus so that you can “hear what the Spirit is saying.”
God is speaking to you. Put away your distractions. If you want to clearly hear His voice “prepare the way of the Lord” within your heart. Create inner space where you can continually focus on Him. Refuse to allow anything thing to distort or to turn you away from His voice.
Be like the young prophet, Samuel. Humbly say to God: “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.” Then open wide your heart and mind and silently wait for His response–a picture, a thought, an impression, a prompting, a verse of Scripture, an awareness, or even a single word. Like the Bible says: “Be still and know that I am God.”
Always test what you hear with the Bible. God won’t contradict Himself. If what you hear is from God, it will align with the truth and moral principles that He has revealed in Scripture. If you don’t want to obey what you hear, then it isn’t from you. Thus, you can begin to discern God’s voice. Ponder what He says to you. Let it burn in your heart. Then step out in faith and obey Him.
If God created you, then He can speak to you. Hear now. Focus on Him and listen. God is talking to you, but if you don’t want to hear Him you won’t. (If you don’t believe that God is trying to speak directly to you, are you sure that you even believe that He exists?)
The most important thing a Christian can do is to listen to and obey God, yet it’s very rare to find a church that trains people to consistently do that. All church teachings are a mixture of Christianity and human opinion. That’s why they disagree with each other. For pure Christianity look beyond human opinion. Open your heart to taught by the Holy Spirit both through the Bible and directly in your heart. Let Jesus be your duvet.
Ruthie Osswald, a designer at Brooklinen said: “A duvet consists of two parts—a duvet cover, and a duvet insert. The insert is a comforter, and the cover is a removable, protective shell for your comforter.” Now is the time to remove the shell that you’ve put between you and Christ your Comforter. Let the Good Shepherd calm and console you, not in a physical duvet, but with His loving voice, 24/7/365.
The more you hear
And truly obey
What God has to say,
The more you’ll be
Able to hear Him
Throughout each day.
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