Can You Hear God?

Anxiety and fear stop us from hearing God speak.

Peace is a form of His voice. Peace is God telling us all is well.

Repentance keep us in that seamless connection of an awareness of God.

We were designed to be fruitful. God is interested in fruitfulness.

If it’s rightly connected, a plant drinks the water and produces fruit. It doesn't work or strive. It just is and that’s how we need to be. We don’t need to strive. We just need to be doing what we should be doing and the rest will take care of itself.

Our driving motive which ignites the heart of Jesus, is to see His Father glorified. The Father is glorified, when we pray and get an answer and then tell others of the answer we’ve received. Keep praying until you get the answer you’re after. In the meantime, if you feel your prayers aren't being fulfilled; try loving your way into the kingdom.

Love everything and everybody. Be grateful for all you have. Thankfulness and love ignite the heart of the Lord, so too compassion.

Wait for God to show/tell you what to do. David asked before every single battle, “Should I fight the Philistines?” God gave David different strategies for each battle. You might have to do things differently, from one person to another. You might have to do something this way this time, but next time that particular way doesn’t work. So, ask God continually; “What’s the next step?”

Waiting doesn’t mean doing nothing. While you’re waiting for your breakthrough, obey the last thing God told you to do. Follow the last directive you were given and stay out of impatience or desperation. Impatience and desperation show a lack of faith. Also, don't try to take the shortcuts. Wait until you hear clearly, what God wants for you and then do it.

How do you hear from God? He will give you impressions, pictures or feelings. He will cause words to jump off pages, particularly if you’re reading your bible.

Waiting is a process. It’s not something you can rush. Waiting is God's will, done in God’s way, so don’t be discouraged during the delays. Delay is there to teach you something. You’ll learn a lot while waiting.

Instead of being desperate for your circumstances, stay desperate for God, not desperate for breakthrough. Desire breakthrough, without being desperate for it.

Before the child, is the promise. The pregnancy is the promise. You don’t see the baby, but you see the swelling belly. A promise is the same. You might not see it, but as you work towards it, you’ll see growth. Breakthrough comes at the end of the growing season. Always, before God gives you a miracle, He first gives you a promise. Be as an expectant mother. Expect breakthrough.

When God changed Abram’s and Sara's name, He put His breath on it. ”Ah” is the breath of God and from then on Abram and Sara became Abraham and Sarah. He breathed life and Abraham and Sarah went from barren, to parents of nations.

When God breaths on you, when He gives you a promise, He breathes life into that promise. There is no substance at this point. You can’t see the promise as a physical thing before your eyes. The promise comes through faith. Faith is the title deed.

When you buy a house, you get the title deed, even though you’ll be paying the mortgage for years to come. The promise is there; the title deed is in your name and down the track the promise will be yours. You don’t ever think the house isn’t yours, as you pay it off. The title says it’s yours. A promise is the same thing. It’s the title deed to ownership.

You have it, but you can’t see it. While you wait, God will develop you. Don't be lazy while you wait. Serve others, read your bible, show love everywhere you go, as you wait. Our capacity to hear is advanced through our reading of the scriptures, so don’t neglect this aspect, as you await your promises.

Sensing His voice by His presence, is also a way of hearing His voice. If you can't hear Him but you can feel Him, He's depositing things too great for you to understand at this time. It may be an insurmountable problem which you can' t fix or explain, but you'll walk away with God's peace, because you've spent time with Him and He's spoken into your life, spoken deeply into your heart.

Trust God. Trust the process. All is well.