Pray out loud, “Holy Spirit, You are welcome to open my eyes to see anything You want to highlight to me today. In Jesus’ name.”
There are two truths: #1. God always speaks. #2. Your ears work just fine – there is no such thing as spiritual deafness! If you hear that God doesn’t want to talk to YOU, or that He doesn’t love you, or that you never hear anything, your ears are working just fine; you are just hearing the wrong kingdom and listening to lies! If that describes you, repent of partnering with the lies and for believing God is mute.
We know from multiple Scriptures and present-day testimonies that God can and does still speak in an audible voice to people. However, this isn’t the most common way people generally hear their Father. When people report, “God said” or “God told me”, they aren’t always meaning that they heard the audible voice. When people get frustrated that God isn’t speaking to them it is generally because they are waiting for the audible voice. Often times He speaks in other ways. Let’s take a look.
God can speak to us through some of the following ways:
Inside of you – Clear as a bell, but only you heard it. It was so familiar it almost felt like it was your voice (but wasn’t).
Spontaneous thought – Something just pops into your head.
Feelings/impressions – Just ‘feel’ something. Sensing is a common way people hear.
Knowing – Don’t know why, but you just know that you know!
Scripture – Words jump off the page and dive right into your heart.
Other people – You just know those words were for you.
Visions – It is like you are watching a movie in your mind about something or you see a flash of a picture of an object or person.
Nature – Mountains, water, the heart-shaped rock, clouds, animals, etc. It is important to note that the clouds aren’t talking to you, but that the Creator of the universe can arrange and use the clouds to speak to you. There is a difference.
Creative Arts – Song, dance, poetry, artwork. God is creative and loves to speak through creativity!
Peace – A sense of liquid peace comes over you like a warm blanket. Do you know that God is peace? Pure, 100% peace that doesn’t match your physical, on-earth circumstances. When we just sit quietly and invite His presence, we can often feel it in the form of peace washing over us.
What does a loving Father do when His children are upset? Begin giving instruction? NO! A loving Father would scoop them up and just hold them close to His chest and embrace their tiny bodies. He is communicating love, protection, safety and security in his embrace. Sometimes we want God to tell us this and that and sometimes He just wants to wrap us in His presence and out of that He leads us where we need to be. This is truly ‘entering the place of rest’ that so few believers learn to enjoy. We want to squirm or ‘do’ instead of just resting while He holds us.
So, let’s test it out!
You now have faith that God not only speaks but wants to speak to YOU personally. You know that the motivation behind God speaking is His radical love for His children. You now know some additional ways God can communicate with us.
I encourage you to be still and quiet your thoughts (it is okay if your mind races for a bit, this is common). When you are ready ask the following questions and then just watch and listen to whatever and however He wants to speak to you.
“Jesus, where are You right now?”
“Father God, how do You feel about my daughter/son?”
“Jesus, would You please show me a picture of what life would look like hearing from the Father?”
I bless you with a hunger for more and deep expectation that your Father has things to say to Y-O-U!