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The Still Quiet Voice
The Still Quiet Voice
All may hear the still quiet voice of God, but only a few actually take the time to listen. Of those who listen, it is fewer still that do so on a regular basis. To hear the voice of God, there has to be a willingness to listen. There has to be a willingness to deny the self, take up one’s cross, and follow Jesus (see Matthew 16:24). There has to be willingness to get outside of one’s self, and the desire to know the heart of God.
In school, most people excel in the subjects they are interested in, as they are the ones they more apt to give much attention. It is in those classes they more readily listen to their teachers. The question we have to ask ourselves is how interested are we in God? Along with that question, how interested are we in the heart of God? Does our interest in Him go only as far as it “benefits us?” Are we really interested in intimacy with the Father, or are we just looking for Him to answer our prayers?
To hear the still quiet voice of God, especially on a regular basis, we need to seek Him for Him. Praise has to do with adoration for what God has done and is doing; whereas, worship is adoration for Who He is. If a person wants to offer up pure praise, he needs to live a life of worship. When we learn to appreciate God for Who He is and what is in His heart, the more we appreciate what He does. The more we know Him, the more time we will want to spend with Him. It is so easy to get wrapped up with the desires of our own heart, that it becomes difficult to take interest in what is in someone else’s. This is where deny your self comes into play. We need to put our own interests on the back burner long enough to pay attention to God’s. That is when we find out if our interests line up with His as well. The “I want” generation will not hear the still quiet voice of God because it is not concerned with what He wants.
If one truly wants to walk in the perfect will of God, there will have to be a desire to know His heart. The greatest commandment of all is, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all, your mind, and with all your strength” (see Mark 12:28-30). Love (AGAPE) takes joy in the recipient purely for His sake. There is nothing self-serving about it. That means, if we truly love God, we are going to take joy in Him. We are going to want to know Him and His will. Not only that, we are going to want His thoughts and ways to be ours as well.
Hearing the still quiet voice also requires the putting away of the clamor of our mind. It means quieting our minds enough to listen. Instead of rushing in to tell the Father what is on our minds, we should stop to listen to what is on His mind. Besides, He already knows what is on our mind, so we can afford to wait to share. Yes, God does want us to share with Him because that is part of the relationship. However, there are two sides to a relationship. When a person is too self-absorbed to listen to someone else, hearing the still quiet voice will be a stretch.
Another aspect to hearing is trust. We not only have to trust that God still speaks to people, we to need to believe He wants to speak to us individually. We have to trust Him in the relationship, which means we trust that God indeed does love us and is interested in us. Think about this: not only is He interested in us enough to listen to what we say, He listens to our every thought. We need to remember, it was God Who initiated the relationship, not us!
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Comment by Dottie on April 30, 2013 at 8:55pm
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I love this. I needed this. Thank you all.
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Comment by Jeffrey Morales on July 26, 2012 at 11:19am -
Dear blessed
I enjoy listening to folks talking about listening to God. My experience however contradicts this in too many ways. I have discovered as the speaker has said, "Another aspect to hearing is trust. "
I have learned that most christians are sure that God initiates the conversation, hears and knows everything about us. Yet most christians do not believe that God will just speak to you. So they believe God has the power to speak but is too lofty too make Himeslf be heard...Hmmmmmmm.
So How is it God spoke to Paul when the last thing on Pauls mind was Jesus. Hmmmmmm.
I have discovered that if a pastor or minister cannot hear from the Lord they are presumptuous to think God must not communicate more intimately with anyone else. So they teach with use of scriptures a formula to speak with God thus prescribing their own limitations to a hurting dieing world.
The Lord God spoke to me and told me "And you shall know my son Jesus." I did not recall ever hearing that name all of my life at that time and I was 23. The Lord spoke to me when I had no heart to speak to Him. I was angry and scarred from abuse. I did not want to know God; but, I learned of a love that was so amazing.
Be still and Know He is God, is a practice we all must learn but I tell you if you have no heart for you cannot be still long enough.
The Lord whispered to me , "Jeff be honest with me." then He chuckled and said, Do you not think I can handle it? " I cried and cried because and then I told Him the truth
I said a prayer like this, "Lord I do not have the heart to listen to you, and I am mad at you and I hate you for doing what you did. I am a liar and a cheat. The moment you speak to me I will stab you in the back this you must know." My spirit is blacker than ink and my heart like a stone and my blood is cold and I am raging like a sea with anger. I am perverted and twisted inside, hungry for enough righteousness to shut them up. I am sick and untouchable and destroy everything around me. I say Jesus through my teeth but my thoughts abandon any inclination of Godliness, my eyes behold beauty and molest everything in its path. I am terribly wicked. what can you do with this? Do not trust me God because I cannot be trusted, I hate everything, I hate living and my own breath is a labor and my life is a chore. I cannot see you God and I can barely hear you Help me I am deader then dead."
You may not be an extreme christian but your sins are. Your righteousness cried out for murder. It required Jesus's life.
God purged my conscience, than washed my heart, and healed my soul. It was only after all this I could bow down in reverence and not talk to God but speak with Him. I was finally able to stop telling Him everything but waiting to hear from Him. Maybe you have a gut full of the Word but a heart full of blackness don't be ashamed, God will hide you under His feathers.
I wish I was raised differently but God has taught me I have missed out on nothing regarding my relationship with Him. So if a mouthful of words seems like words too you and nothing is helping you, just come to Him in Spirit and truth be honest. If He is God then he already knows you have issues. When your honest you learn you can trust Him, He takes you personally. You will wonder no more if God hears you or you wish God would speak to you.
Come as you are and just spill the beans before God.
I was angry and being discharged out of the military for fighting I had a unfavorable Information File, a mile long. When God came into my life he turned that around and I would retire after 24 years of Service honorably.
The Lord has a great starting place with your honesty He deserves the truth and so do you. You were made for Him and like Him. Trust me God trust you and is not ashamed of you.
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