Have you seen God or heard His voice?

You sound super smart I'm really thankful to know the Lord provides me with genius sisters and brothers that will help prove His existence to the masses. I felt kind of stupid reading your comment because I dropped out of school when I was 16 lol I have no ability to do what you're doing. I've always disliked school since I was a child and I was the type to skip class. I have been praying for God to help provide even more evidence of Himself to the world, I really think He'll use you as one of those people that can do that for Him!

Love this, really helpful. I do get caught up in the way I feel and sometimes the devil tricks me into thinking God doesn't want me and that I'm not part of His bride. I'm a new Christian so I get confused and forget about how God is always with us.

Hmm. It was a lot of things. I might have to respond a few times to answer this correctly. For some reason ever since I was a kid I always liked the idea of not being in school. I just liked watching TV and playing video games and hanging out with friends. The only reason I liked school was because of the friends. I couldn't stand waking up early. For high school I had to wake up around 5:30 am to get ready and then get on the bus around 6:30 am. By the time I reached 11th grade I couldn't take it anymore. I always thought that school was too long it was like 7 hours a day. Keep in mind I was just always a very lazy person when it came to school work and homework because it was boring to me. The learning styles were good enough for me to learn, the teachers did all those things you mentioned I was just lazy and selfish and didn't care. I think what was missing was that I didn't have the discipline for school. I remember being in 10th grade and knowing I was never going to reach senior year and graduate with the rest of my class

I have to correct myself. I dropped out of public high school at 16 but soon after I went to a high school program at this one facility that I could graduate from but I again dropped out at 17. Depression had hit me hard at that point, and my life went into a downward spiral. 2013-2016 have been hard for me but this year I truly found God and now I'm just waiting for Him to give me the plan on what to do with my life. I feel like He put me through all that so I would finally pray to Him for help because before 2015 I always wavered between being an atheist and an agnostic. You're right I do have a talent. I can play guitar and I can sing. I still need to get better at singing though lol. I want to make music for God. Idk if that's what God wants me to do for Him necessarily.

Yes, that's exactly why I am where I am today. Depression had taken over and I was suicidal for a long time.

True story..."I was twenty-two years old, and it was the early nineteen seventies. A book landed in my lap about the soul, Jesus, and our Father God-Companion/Creator, and gratefully, the pieces fell together as was planned, I’m sure. Suddenly, there was nothing more important to me than restoring the missing link with my Father/Creator. So one day, armed with some suggested head, neck, and breathing exercises that would only require a few minutes of concentration, I embarked upon my first effort at meditation. I would talk to my Creator in prayer, and then listen for Him. I was simply happy to finally have a direction in life, which was now and for the first time, to say hello to my Creator and thank Him for choosing me to be a part of this whole Eternal plan and clan, and to see if there was anything I could do for Him. I sat in my best comfortable attempt at a lotus cross-legged position. Now, I cannot hand you my experience, that being the pure and sincere intimacy through which my mind and heart traveled for thirty or forty minutes or so, but trust me, my Entire heart was in it. So if He had Anything to say, there was nothing more important to me from the tips of my toes, to the torch in my heart, than to tune in. And I waited . . . and heard nothing; nothing at all. Eventually I prayerfully said my good-byes to a voice I never heard and opened my eyes. I felt inwardly good, unfolded my limbs, stretched out on the bed, and was smiling now with eyes closed, basking in the comforting thought that I had the rest of my life to learn how to hear God through meditation. I was proud of my first effort and enjoyed an afterglow of inner satisfaction . . . When suddenly there was a “pop” sound/sensation in my head (and the following is as best as I can describe the event). I am instantly taken on an ever-tightening Spiral of Flashing Light, moving at a tremendous speed, seemingly upward, yet inward and I am inside what I can only describe as a tiny diamond Fire Spark of Divinity (and God knows I was not in control of the steering). Now, folks, when the I within the spiral comes to a stop, how do I say this, except to say that, “O Lord, I am not worthy” was the only all-consuming feeling and thought I could muster from within my very nicely crumbling, overwhelmed, and grateful being, for I was held in the Infinite Presence of the Face of God, beyond the scope of anything we have ever dreamed of, and there are no words to capture the indescribable divine wonderment of the creative source of all life. It’s all way too big for any of the boxes we have sought to put our Creator in, so I can only humbly, and do so now in the name of peace, assure you, We are in Unfathomably Good Hands. I don’t know how long I was “there.” I was looking into forever and stripped of my Timex. When my eyes opened, I had returned as me, in this body, in this world, and I also understood clearly, I was not of it. None of us are native earthlings; but rejoice, we get the best of all worlds. (Afterward, I did recall that while I was in that Presence, it felt as though I was in some sort of an invisible, spherical, almost egg-shaped protective energy bubble that seemed to have provided me safe passage and kept me intact, as it were, though nothing . . . could ever be the same. Implications that I would like to point out: I would say that I went from the consciousness of material solidity (the physical body, the earth, and the awareness of myself as the human I am) and spiraled into the realm and throne of our Divine Source, in maybe five seconds! (And God knows that traveling at the speed of Light eliminated any chance of me screaming for help. To me, that’s an intriguing thought that begs contemplation in terms of the supposed reality we find ourselves in. It seems as though time and space are conceptualized tools of measurement at our disposal. They allow us the opportunity to experience and express our divine self through the vehicle of the evolution of an individual soul destined to be co-creative companions to the Creator. Wonder how we’re all doing? I would say divinely well, regardless of appearances. I saw God, though Not as a man, as this experience is apparently only made possible by accessing the spiritual dashboard of Our Piece of the Spark and Spirit of Life. And trust me, it’s the best piece you’ll ever have. Also, in an effort to further convey the experience to the reader, I feel that the phrase “I saw God” should be worded differently. “The Presence gave me sight of the Truth of Itself,” and the little eyeball orbs we are used to using here had no meaning there, and were knocked out of commission in favor of absorbing the Light of the Divine Force of Life and Love. And I was totally humbled, but not because God wanted me to feel humble (nope, that was all my idea), but because I found it impossible to not melt
before such as is our Father and Creator. (I doubt you will do much better, but you won’t care anyway.) By the way, you will find there are no questions floating around your mind at that moment (in case you are saving up a good one for when you see Him next). All there is really is One Way Big Answer. It has never happened since (never needed it to), and I have always been amused at the fact that it occurred only on my first attempt at meditation, and only when I had finished that effort. My word for that is . . . cute (and I know where my sense of humor came from). Another implication I draw from the experience is that our religious dogmas and doctrines most often do not support the possibility of any direct approach for us to experience our divine self, plus we have generally accepted that our invisible God is also unknowable and consciously perceived as a separate entity from us. And “as you believe, so shall it be done” is again applicable to what we do or don’t experience. We have many self-imposed boundaries that we might do well to drop from our minds and hearts, but that is forever up to each one of us and the paths we choose. I just wanted people to know, you always have options that you may have not even known existed. So 39 or so years have passed without ever hearing any information about anyone seeing God lately. Then just recently, I stumbled upon a Hebrew word, the Merkabah, via the Internet, Wikipedia and YouTube. You may search merkabahfor yourself to retrieve the relevance I found to the above “true story.” But suffice it to say, I was pleased to have found such information. We know not of what Brilliance we proceed from unless we care to seek and know of such stuff. And what Father would hide from His children? “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” Pretty simple and direct, with no qualifying time frame given for such endeavors. It’s always totally up to us to seek whatever we will, whenever we will. Also for the record, I am not suggesting in any way that the purpose of anyone’s life should be to have a face-to-face meeting with God. The experiences we seek are those that the soul outlines before arrival and extension into this place. They may have the appearance of something far removed from spiritual endeavors, and yet be the perfect path for the soul. But I am sure it will Never hinder the progress of any soul to wear the face of God that we have been given in a manner that promotes compassion, mercy, forgiveness, and goodwill toward all man.What I have shared here is truth to me alone and offered as such, and I never wish to intrude upon the consciousness of any man." peace, james

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Woah, that sounds insane. I read the whole thing and looked up "merkabah". Fascinating my brother, I don't really know what to say, all I can say is I'm glad you commented on this post. Never heard anything like that, all the details and things you mentioned I can't comprehend the awesomeness of it. Really hope God would be so kind to let me experience Him someday before the rapture.

Thank you my sister for the very kind words. I am simply trying to share this gift from my Heavenly Father (and yours), with any who are able to hear it. While you await the rapture of His Arms, which is your souls destiny, Be the Love He has laid within you, in your corner of this world. God bless you always, in the name of Our Elder Brother Jesus the Christed One, amen. peace, james

Even if you get to see him with your own eyes there is another way of seeing him but it requires a different set of eyes not the physical one. I believe he allowed me to see him face to face for several reasons one of them being that I wanted to see him everyday not physically but spiritually.

When your hearts eyes are set upon him everyday you begin to see with different eyes you slowly yet surely begin to see as he does and your heart is slowly yet surely molded into his own and it's then you begin to see him everywhere you see him in the ocean you see him in the flowers when you pass by them you hear his voice in birds that are chirping in a childs laughter you feel his presence in night as you lay in bed you see his love and beauty in all things.

This kind of sight and being able to see him in this light is far more valuable than seeing him face to face because you can't see him face to face everyday that just isn't how it works but if you can see him in everyday situations can hear his voice in things that are subtle and often times overlooked then you have a set of eyes that are more precious than your own physical ones

What you have just posted is So Beautiful and Practical. Thank you, james

Lol dude I'm a guy. God bless you too bro!

I've heard other people say that too, like when they say they meet Jesus, afterwards they get their spiritual eyes opened and everything looks new and brighter like the sky, plants, even things like cars. I don't think I've heard someone mention the "hearing God through nature" part yet so that's good to know. Really trying to set my heart on God.

sometimes we don't know all that someone has been through, so patience is virtue, I know easier said then done been there done that but over time and with alittle practice it will flow like a river.

Whoops, thanks for the correction BRO, james

hearing and seeing Jesus Christ through the nature that He has created for us is one of the most
blessed things that can ever happen to one who truly Loves and believes in Him...
it is always there,
but our hearts have to have the desire to meet Him there in order for us to see
and comprehend this precious, Holy, act of pure Love...

I like what you said man, you're right. I struggle with having patience and practice I'm still a baby Christian. I saw people's testimonies on youtube and I got carried away with trying to see God. Now I'm more relaxed about it, trying to ease myself into reading the Bible and prayer without expecting God to make huge dramatic changes.

I heard his voice a long time ago but i did not see him all i saw was this massive white book come through the ceiling onto a pillar or something and it opened and he started reading genesis and speaking things into existence in the room i was in.. as he was speaking plants flowers trees and vines were growing out of the walls birds chirping in the background and different roaring beasts... his voice is deep like rushing waters, also it comes from everywhere simultaneously and you submit before it because it literally commands you to be still and listen.. you are captive and it is truly powerful when he does say something audibly.

Hahaha that sounds amazing. Did the plants, flowers, trees, and vines disappear when He left? Were you able to say anything to Him?

I am truly blessed to know that all of nature was created by God. Back when I used to be a non-believer I didn't care for it, but now I see animals like squirrels, iguanas, ducks, birds, cats, dogs etc. and now I'm more in awe.