Do
you agonize over decisions and wish you could see God’s direction clearly?
Jesus called us his sheep and said we would hear his voice (John 10:27). So how
do we hear from God? Well you need to remember that we are made in God’s image,
we are spirit beings (1Thess 5:23). Our spirit is our spiritual heart or
conscience. God contacts us largely Spirit to spirit. God can communicate in
other ways but by way of his Holy Spirit to our spirit is the most important
way.
How
does the Holy Spirit guide us? He reveals God’s word to us (John 16:13-14),
brings us understanding (revelation) and if we read the word prayerfully he
will bring guidance through the verses we read. How often we read and reread a
section of the Bible and suddenly a verse jumps out at us, that’s the Holy
Spirit.
The
other main way that the Spirit speaks to us is by the still small voice that
Elijah heard (1 Kings 19:11-12). That still small voice may bring a scripture, an
idea, a word or a sense of conviction. How do we know this is God? Well, that
still small voice, that sense in our spirit, comes with a presence of peace and
assurance that it is God. God’s wisdom is peaceable and lines up with his word
(James 3:17).
To
hear from God, we need to still our minds and learn to recognize the voice of his
Spirit (Rom 12:2). It’s a bit like the offence in a football team trying to get
directions from the Quarter back in the face of a noisy opposing crowd of
supporters. Talk to God and spend time in his word; allow the word and time
with him, to quiet your mind (Isa 26:3).
He doesn’t
always answer right away but often when we least expect it. My wife and I had a
major decision to make and we both agreed to pray independently and seek God
for several months. When we eventually compared notes, we had heard almost
identically from God.
God
is good and he wants you to walk in his peace and assurance knowing you are in his
will (Prov 3:5-6).
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