HOW TO HEAR GOD SPEAK

Praying is you talking with God and God talking with you. But what if no conversation takes place? What if you do not hear God speak? Does that mean your praying is futile and useless? The answer is No. God hears every word you say; and because He hears, praying is never futile or useless. Submit to Him a petition and you can be assured that He will hear it and grant it.

However, wouldn’t it be great to hold a conversation with our Creator?

If He can hear you and you cannot hear Him, then the problem lies with you. We suggest that you do this:

Pray to be one with God, not to be one with men.

⁵ …do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. ⁶ But when you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. MATTHEW 6

Have faith, trust God.

³⁸ You have never heard [God’s] voice nor seen His form, nor does His Word dwell in you, for you do not believe the One He sent. JOHN 5

Prepare for your prayer appointment with God. Make an outline of the things you want to say. In your mind choose the right words to say, then say them from your heart. Not to make preparation is a sign of disrespect and contempt. 

² Let your words be few. ECCLESIASTES 5

⁷ Do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard [by their gods] because of their many words. ⁸ Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. MATTHEW 6

Seek a quiet place and a quiet moment. Make sure it is quiet enough so you can hear God speak. The word l-i-s-t-e-n contains the same letters as s-i-l-e-n-t. (It goes without saying that no TV, radio , phone, pet or person should be allowed to disturb the silence.)

If your room is not quiet enough, go to a quieter place. The Son of Man did not hesitate to leave the crowd behind Him, even His disciples. He went up the mountains just so He could have quiet time with the Father. 

What if you have done the four steps above and still you cannot hear God speak?

Increase your wish to hear to desire; increase your desire to craving; increase your craving to intense craving. If intense craving is still not enough, add fasting to it. Show God your determination.

¹³ If you look for Me wholeheartedly, you will find Me. JEREMIAH 29 nlt

God does speak to men. He has done so in many occasions and in different ways. So wait, for He is just as excited to communicate with you.

² Listen! Listen to the roar of His voice, to the rumbling that comes from His mouth. ⁵ God’s voice thunders in a marvelous way. JOB 37

¹⁴ For God does speak—now one way, now another—though man may not perceive it. ¹⁵ In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men as they slumber in their beds, ¹⁶ He may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings, ¹⁷ to turn man from wrongdoings and keep him from pride, ¹⁸ to preserve his soul from the pit, his life from perishing by the sword. ¹⁹ Or a man may be chastened on a bed of pain… ²³ an angel on his side as a mediator, one of a thousand, to tell [him] what is right for him… JOB 33