“I heard God say to me…”
What was your honest gut reaction when you read that part of my last post?
Did you immediately roll your eyes and mutter something under your breath like “Oh yeah, sure you did.” Or, perhaps it was a little more snarky like “Oh, you’re hearing voices now, huh?”.
Because you really don’t believe God talks to people. And for me to claim He did seems a little…strange, weird, crazy (like coo-coo crazy), odd, ridiculous, false?
Or maybe you are a little more inclined to believe He did speak to me in the car that day because you do believe in all that stuff (or at least, you want to).
BUT, you’ve never heard from Him yourself and don’t feel He has any interest in communicating with you like that…so…yeah, sure whatever…
Good for you, Christine. Please, tell me more about how God speaks to you. Really. Can’t wait to hear all about it.
Hearing from God. This is a tough topic you guys. But, so much of my story moving forward is tied to it so I have to talk openly and candidly about it now.
This is the honest, raw truth:
I have heard God speak to me. Quite a few times. (uh, how we doin?) Not in an audible, thundering, lightning flashing impressive sort of way. No, when I hear Him speak, it’s nothing like that.
I have yet to hear Him with my physical ears. So, it’s way more difficult to explain than that. I hear Him in my spirit. In that mysterious space that’s softer than a whisper, yet louder than any thought inside my own head.
His tone is the perfect blend of gentle grace and direct truth. It’s not intimidating or meant to cause feelings of guilt or condemnation. I feel it land on a tender spot in my heart that causes unexpected emotion to well up and tears to run freely down my cheeks.
I feel exposed and yet perfectly covered at the same time.
It’s unlike any human communication or conversation I’ve ever had.
But, it wasn’t always like this. And I realize it might not be like this for you right now either.
During my dark years I was an eye-rolling, under-my-breath-mutterer. Before that I was a “good for you, must be nice” sarcasm-thinker. For years I was convinced God had no interest in communicating with me. None whatsoever–if He even actually spoke to people at all, that is.
This is a tough topic you guys. It can be so divisive and polarizing. If this has been your struggle, I wish I could grab your shoulders, look you in the eye and say “I get it.”
I have no idea why it seems like God speaks so frequently and easily with some people, and not to others. I have no answer to that.
I also have no formula or recipe to follow to, you know, get God to start talking to you.
All I can say is learning to listen for and hear the voice of the Father has been a long, grueling uphill part of my journey. I don’t know why, but that’s just the truth of it.
But it’s all been part of the process. And if it’s been part of my process, I can’t help but think it’s got to be part of your journey and your process too.
Keep going.
The sights and sounds around the next bend are breathtaking.
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Christine, God speaks to me that way too – not often, but He does. Not audibly. But it’s a thought that seems to come from nowhere – and I know, just know, that it’s straight from God. I can’t explain it any other way. It first happened a long time ago, when I was in college, when as a new Christian I asked God whether I should pursue the ministry. His response was a firm “No.” Jesus spent most of His life teaching and ministering outside the synagogue – out where people were. That’s been my calling too. I’ve tested that once or twice since then, with the same answer. God picks His spots. Often I get in the way, but it’s amazing when I get a clear word from the living God.