Hearing Gods’ Voice

i want it easier

I am reminded that God spoke audibly! The Voice of God spoke out, “You are my beloved son; with you I am well pleased.” -Mark 1:11

When Jesus was baptized Gods’ voice rang clear for everyone around to hear, with their human ears. EVERYONE heard Him, even those that did not believe He existed. So many times I have been asked “How do you hear Gods’ voice Jessica?” Wouldn’t it be wonderful if God would reach down again, and shout to all the skeptics that He is real? That He would physically tell everyone, He is alive and our salvation. As much as I love my testimony; it would be so much easier if He would just speak out loud again.

i was told God wasn’t real

The supernatural part of hearing Gods’ voice is that it’s not audible. The Voice I hear is inside of me. A knowing. This Voice talks to me in my heart, mind and body. I cannot really explain it but I have known it was Him instantly, and I was only nine years old. Not being raised in the church and quite the opposite. I was being told God isn’t real by the majority of the adults in my life as a child.

i don’t always listen

His Voice has never lead me astray. The choice was always mine. Most of the time when I know I am choosing to ignore Gods’ voice this is willful sin. Honestly, these types of choices I made never lead me to blissful comfort; rather a fun time followed by pain and destruction.

superpowers

The relationship with God I have is truly the most basic and fundamental relationship you can have with someone. He is just with me all of the time. It seems strange to people who do not know God or have chosen to ignore Him. They sometimes try to explain God out of my life by saying ,”That is the voice of your conscience.” Or another great one I hear is “Oh, Jessica talks to herself.”

Man, let me tell you, if all of my decisions were created by me, I have some super powers!

my voice is not His voice

As a child when I heard His voice, I knew it was Him as my voice was different. My voice was angry, pained and filled with resentment. I had lived through some early traumas in my life and His voice took over these feelings washing them away. He is inside of me telling my broken self what to do, say, act, teach or anything in the moment. Of course, I am human and have the ability to ignore Him …. and I do. But, I always know He is here with me. It’s like when you know your parent will find out you did something wrong; but you figure you can hide it for years to come. Inside I know God has caught me already, He loves me like a parent. Watching, teaching and guiding me.

desire to talk with Him

The pain I go through when I do not listen to His voice is the worst punishment. This sounds horrible, I know but hear me out. You know when you do something really wrong against someone you love, and you have building guilt? Instead of dreading the conversation with the person you wronged; it is actually a desire to seek out God because you know He is going to comfort me. Talking to God doesn’t remove the bad decision or the mistake I had made. He allows me to grow; disciplined and now He is teaching me like a parent. He is shaping me into a new person each time I reach out to Him.

the devil is sly

The opposite of His voice, IS the punishment, God isn’t the punisher. I do not dread to talk to Him like the feeling of waiting for ‘dad to get home from work’. It is nothing like that. Not abiding by His direction has always lead me down a path of destruction, pain and hurt. It never feels like that in the moment; the devil is pretty sly to entice us into willfully ignoring God.

my purpose on earth is to be happy

Many times I have chosen the the selfish plan to do things “the better way”, which was my way. This way would always make me the happiest in the short term but leave me devastated in the end. Some times God was saying, it was my time to go through hard things and I would resist. I would try to convince myself , “God wants me happy”. Just like a teenager trying to figure out their own way in life; I would find myself going against God’s voice and doing things to please myself.

the best way to hear Him is from within

So my friends, for those of you that ask me “How do you actually hear God?” I have to say that His Voice isn’t audible, it is inside. It is going through rough stuff and having your best friend with you. HE is the voice. The Voice permeates your brain, your heart and your body simultaneously. You just KNOW its Him. I often think about the day I will hear Him through my human ears. BUT God knew the best way to communicate with us is not from the outside, it is from within us.

God is so good.