Voice of God

The voice of God is always an interesting topic to talk about with others. As I have been in this transition phase of life, the voice of God has been more intriguing to me than ever before. The main reason for this is because I want to know what the next step is in my life. I want to hear God's voice and know where I am being pointed. However, this has been a constant battle within in my head as I am trying to understand what God is saying to me or what his voice sounds like. It all hit me yesterday as I was sitting in church and listening to the pastor speak about the voice of God. We have it so misconstrued sometimes and we aren't really listening.

First of all, it is so easy to fall into the trap of spending too much time on how to hear God's voice instead of listening to God's voice. This is a device that the devil likes to use as God starts to speak to us. We think that God is being silent because we are searching for how to hear his voice, but the reality of the matter is that we need to just listen. None of us hear God in the same way and we don't even always hear God in the same way. God is speaking, it is just a matter of listening.

Aside from the problem of how to hear God's voice, we are trying to hard to interpret what he is saying instead of just following his directions. The truth is that sometimes we just don't want to hear what God is saying. We want to find another meaning in it or we want to go in another direction. The biggest reason behind this is because we are afraid of what might happen if we follow his direction. We don't want to be pushed out of our comfort zone because it might lead us down a road that we are not willing to take. This leads us to "not hearing" the voice of God. 

We tend to forget the fact that we already know the voice of God. It is the same voice that called us to follow him. It's the same voice that called us his children and offered a place in his home for us. It's a familiar voice that we all know but often forget when life gets crazy and hectic. The reality of the matter is that in order to hear the voice, we must be close enough to the person is speaking. In order to have a relationship in which the voice can be clearly heard, it is important to spend intimate time with the Lord. The reality of the matter is when life gets crazy and busy it is easy to put that relationship on the back burner. When this happens every other voice gets much louder and it is those voices that we hear.

God does not stop speaking contrary to popular belief. In order to actual hear him, we have to actually be listening. The truth of the matter is that when we are searching, it is easy to forget how to hear his voice. It is easy to do what we want instead of following his plan. It is easy to forget what his voice sounds like. It is knowing these things about ourselves and then changing them that will help us to hear God's voice. God is speaking, he wants us to hear him and it's our choice to do so.