The world is loud. Our minds are louder. Some experts estimate that we have at least 60,000 thoughts per day. How to find God's voice in the middle of your busy mind? Let's jump right in!
If you want to hear God's voice and expect to set an appointment so he can come over an chat over coffee, you are wrong. God can speak to you loud and clear but is not His preferred way to communicate with us. The Bible teaches us that He deposited His Spirit inside of Us. The easiest and fasted way He talks to us is through our spirit. We need to get to know God to be able to discern the message. I have a friend for many years that we don't need to talk to understand what the other one is thinking. Why? We spent so much time together that we get to know each other's minds, reactions, what we like, and what we do not like. The same thing happens with God. You need to get to know Him enough to discern the message He is giving you. How do you get to know God? His word.
2 Timothy 3: 16-17 says: All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. The Bible was inspired by God to provide us with the right tools to help us live a better life. It is also the fastest way to know God. Through the Bible stories, you learn a lot about God's mind, What he likes and even what he dislikes. It is a manual and essential for our daily life. It is a top priority to read and know your Bible. Once you get familiar with who God is, the fastest you can filter those thoughts going through your mind, and pick which ones are coming from God and which ones are not. No thought from God goes against His word.
I love listening to God's voice through what we like to call "gut feeling." That feeling we automatically get when something doesn't feel right. I am convinced that is God warning us about something that is about to happen. Is calling us to intimacy for guidance. That feeling or thought that comes to mind when that gut feeling hit, follow it. That is the subject you need to bring before God. Sometimes I got a "gut feeling," and immediately, I have an inner conversation about what I should do. Follow that too! Why? Cause if your mind is sync to God's mind, you know the other side of the conversation, the one telling you the decision to make, is the man Above.
Years ago, when I had a real encounter with God, He kept me up one night with a bible verse playing in my mind for hours. If you have a bible verse playing in your head recently, dig into it. Open your study bible, research, read the whole chapter, learn about the situation the person was going through at the moment that verse was written. I'm sure God is trying to tell you something through that verse. Don't ignore it, cause you will lose the opportunity to get to listen to what God has to say.
The one way I listen to God's voice and is the most fascinating to me is when that thought goes with you everywhere. Have you ever experienced that in a moment you are meditating in a feeling, then hear about the same thing everywhere? I had meditated on a bible verse the night before a church service, and the next morning, the preacher talks about the same bible verse. Or a worship song plays on the radio. Maybe somebody calls you with a word from God and is the same you had in your spirit days before. Take that as a confirmation that God is speaking to you loud and clear. It is no coincidence that everything around you is evolving around that subject. Take it as a message and go before God once again for direction.
God is continually trying to speak to us. We are too busy and in too much rush to even notice it. Slow down. Take time to wind down and connect with God. It is not time wasted! He is talking through His Word, your instinct, your thought, sermons, etc. We are the ones not getting in tune with that voice. You need to get in sync with God, and you will recognize His voice in every form. Let's try to quiet our minds and find out what is God is revealing to you today!
Be blessed!
