Can you hear God?

[pa360]

The Bible is clear that God speaks to his servants. I do not need to list examples here they are numerous in both the Old and New Testament. In point of fact God talks to us more often that he did then by virtue of the fact that Christians are far more wide-spread that ever they were and because of the wide-spread out-pouring of God's spirit on the earth. The problem is that often-times we are not listening or looking for the spectacular.

The easiest way to hear from God is to read his word. The Bible is God's most effective communication tool. The more we read the word and fill ourselves with the word and stay in the word, the more God can increase our understanding of his word through revelation. I had an experience like this in the last few hours. For about four days I have been studying identity in 2Peter 1: 3 and 4. As I studied in the word I began to gain a deeper understanding of those verses, particularly the relationship between divine identity, divine nature and divine authority.

Then yesterday I was in church skim reading the church magazine and saw an article on divine identity which covered exactly the same issues that the Lord had been teaching me about. Then this morning I was watching Andrew Wommack on the God Channel and he covered the exact same issues that I had been studying in his series "You've Already Got it". Following Andrew Wommack's programme Joyce Meyer came on and also confirmed some of the same issues on identity in her programme on walking in the spirit. Sometimes God speaks to us through others (Corinthians 13:1 Out of the mouth of two or three witnesses a testimony is established).

The other way that God talks to me is simply through knowing. Sometimes people say "I heard the Lord" or the "Lord said" or some-much. In my experience 99.9% of time hearing from God has nothing to do with I heard the Lord say this or that, rather it is about knowing in my heart what God wants me to do.

 

[RachelP03]

Why do you even take the time and bother posting to my stuff if you dont like it?

 

[RachelP03]

Yes, He might as well Yell it at me as if it was outloud.

 

[RachelP03]

God is God and I honestly feel that he may talk to each individual differently. I feel like alot of people dont take the time to really seek and hear his voice. When I say voice, its not like a man standing in front of me talking, though I have heard people who have heard a voice that woke them in the middle of the night and the voice said a scripture verse. They told me that it woke them up, because they thought there was a man standing in the room.

Scripture talks alot about God speaking to people throughout the whole Bible, so why wouldnt He talk to us now, to either grab our attention, guide us, warn us or simply just whisper that truth within us. My whole life, I feel like I can say I was drawn to my inner self more than the people and things around me. I was horrible as a child listening to my parents and to people around me, because I was always listening internally. I grew up in a CHristian home and got saved at 8, so pretty much my whole life Christ always lived within me.

I have to say that as well as I can hear Christ, I can also hear the enemy, then of course you have your own thoughts. I feel sometimes that certain people have gifts that are easier than others, hence the "gift". It bothers me that Christians can bash other Christians sometimes, for what they feel and hear, because they either never experienced it or think its something that may be impossible. I can easily turn it around and ask, Do you know Christ, because you CANT hear? but that would be a debate I dont feel like hearing.

When Im not paying attention and Im not in The Bible and reading His word, my hearing does and can get sketchy. If I hear something, I instantly rebuke it in Jesus name and ask or listen again. When Im constantly in His word, listening to Christian music, listening to sermons, reading devotional books, I have peace with what God has told me, what He has laid on my heart. I do doubt myself sometimes, but then if Im wrong, there is no way that Jesus lives within me, because I have had peace about this, what I hear, what I feel, for months, almost a year now. I have gone thru the walks, of laziness, of hard core being close to God, and also being mad at God and cursing him. Still......the same feeling whether I want it there or not, still lingers.

Ive come to the conclusion that I will and am holding on to the promises God has told me and whether people believe it or not......I do hope and pray that GOd will show the people around me that me waiting on God, waiting on His timing to bring this man and I back together, will happen and God will and can use me to show what He can do with my situation.

I ask GOd to use me everyday and I hope this is my love story that God is writing for me.

 

[MyPottersClay]

Yep, I certainly hear from God and I would encourage anyone to believe they do so too. Sometimes you may think something is from your own thought but we can learn know His voice, it really is that still, small voice and if you got too much scrambling around in your soul, you'll miss it. Gods voice is much better than the TVs, it brings peace and clarity and wisdom and insight. If God who shows no partiality would speak to murderous Cain, how much more would He desire intimate communication with those whom He adopted! I could go on to other things but I choose not to share them on a public forum, ive already shared enough.

I could not agree more. God has his way of making His voice "crystal clear" to those who want to hear Him. Those who hear His voice regularly would have a difficult time conveying it to the public because it is such a foreign idea to others. Not to say those of us who hear Him clearly are inclusive of something higher, its just we have learned to tune out the worlds distracting force by staying completely neutral when listening to His guidance/direction. Once again it would be difficult to detail but is available to all.

 

[breno785au]

I could not agree more. God has his way of making His voice "crystal clear" to those who want to hear Him. Those who hear His voice regularly would have a difficult time conveying it to the public because it is such a foreign idea to others. Not to say those of us who hear Him clearly are inclusive of something higher, its just we have learned to tune out the worlds distracting force by staying completely neutral when listening to His guidance/direction. Once again it would be difficult to detail but is available to all.

Amen brother, I must say I was somewhat expecting resistance from some in reply to my post because I have seen with some there is unbelief in this area which is very unfortunate. I can only thank God that He surrounded me with people from the beginning who believe that you can hear Him speak. I think its also important to find people who truly hear from God and work with them to help you discern His voice. Bless you mate.

 

[MyPottersClay]

It is natural for man to resist what he does not understand and even shun what he may feel he isn't entitled to. To those who seek his voice will find it. maybe we can expedite the process however I just don't think this is the way to do it.

 

[breno785au]

How do you mean expedite the process?

 

[MyPottersClay]

How do you mean expedite the process?

Teach those who seek how to "listen". The biggest reason outside of sin is not being able to approach God from a completely neutral position. If I were trying to decide between 2 job offers and wanted God to choose for me I have to be completely unbiased and detached from either choice. That I believe is what restricts many from hearing God. We pray about helping us decide yet we naturally have a "if I had to pick" or "what my friends all suggest" selection already at hand which ultimately distorts our "listening". Only when you approach Him from a completely neutral position can you hear Him crystal clear.

So, expedite in the sense of teaching someone how to position ones self in order to hear Him.

 

[breno785au]

Oh yeah I agree, though I dont think im in a position to teach anyone this yet, give tips yes but not teach. And yeah its not something that can be taught on a forum lol

 

[Elin]

Can your god whom you talk to, have a debate with me?I'll ask questions about bible that you can pass on to him and you can tell me what he replied !!

You are a troll.

Trolls are not welcome here.