Folks, are you aware of radio stations which broadcast the Gospel, or music or conversation all day long? Can you hear them without a radio receiver tuned to the correct frequency? Absolutely not. Similarly beloved, hearing the voice of God requires you to be tuned into the frequency of God using a receiver --- the Word of God, The Bible and the Holy Spirit. So what are you doing to listen to the voice of God? Have you accepted Jesus and been Baptized so the Holy Spirit comes to live within you? Are you constantly in the Word and Praying in the Spirit? If not, your radio receiver is not tuned to the frequency that God is broadcasting his messages to you. To listen to the voice of God you must Read the Word and meditate on it, pray regularly and acknowledge Jesus and ask that the Holy Spirit come upon you and live within you. Pray that the Holy Spirit come make His residence within you. Pray with all sincerity and have ears to listen to the voice of God.
The next section is taken from a devotion by Charles Stanley and all copyrights for this work belong to him:
Listening with Ears to Hear
All of these aspects of active listening are ways in which we truly have “ears to hear.” Jesus said repeatedly to His disciples, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” (See Matt. 11:15; 13:9, 43.)
Active listening requires that you make these declarations in the inner spirit by faith as you listen to God:
1. I’m eager to hear what You are going to say to me (expectant).
2. I’m listening, Lord (quiet).
3. I’ll wait until I hear from You (patient).
4. I’m confident that You are going to tell me what I need to hear (confident).
5. I depend upon You completely to tell me who I am to become, what I am to say, and what I am to do (dependent).
6. I want to be open to all possibilities, Lord (open).
7. I am listening keenly to every word (attentive).
8. I am trusting You, Holy Spirit, to confirm to me that what I am hearing is, indeed, from God (careful).
9. Not my will or way, but Yours, Lord (submissive).
10. I am in awe and thanksgiving that You would speak to me, Lord (reverent).
When you truly listen actively, you can expect to hear from God in ways that compel you to action!
Stanley, C. F. (1996). Listening to God. T. Nelson Publishers.
The next section is taken from a devotion by Charles Stanley and all copyrights for this work belong to him:
Listening with Ears to Hear
All of these aspects of active listening are ways in which we truly have “ears to hear.” Jesus said repeatedly to His disciples, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” (See Matt. 11:15; 13:9, 43.)
Active listening requires that you make these declarations in the inner spirit by faith as you listen to God:
1. I’m eager to hear what You are going to say to me (expectant).
2. I’m listening, Lord (quiet).
3. I’ll wait until I hear from You (patient).
4. I’m confident that You are going to tell me what I need to hear (confident).
5. I depend upon You completely to tell me who I am to become, what I am to say, and what I am to do (dependent).
6. I want to be open to all possibilities, Lord (open).
7. I am listening keenly to every word (attentive).
8. I am trusting You, Holy Spirit, to confirm to me that what I am hearing is, indeed, from God (careful).
9. Not my will or way, but Yours, Lord (submissive).
10. I am in awe and thanksgiving that You would speak to me, Lord (reverent).
When you truly listen actively, you can expect to hear from God in ways that compel you to action!
Stanley, C. F. (1996). Listening to God. T. Nelson Publishers.
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