I remember when I had just started going to church years and years ago. I was hearing the Word of God preached and experiencing the Spirit of God for the fist time. The things Carol and I were learning were turning our lives around!

Now in one particular meeting we were in, there was something that the pastor said that made my curiosity antennas stand straight up! He said, “God said to me...” Now that’s all I heard. I don’t remember what God told him, I just remember thinking, “God can speak to you?” I thought, “If that’s true, I want to know how!”

Now, I will warn you here, it’s not always comfortable in the beginning to hear God’s voice. The reason for that is because it’s not natural. Hearing from God is a super-natural occurrence (ie. above natural thought). But once you learn how, and experience it first hand, your flesh will get used to it and it will be as natural as listening to anyone else. Even your flesh will learn to be responsive to the Voice.

The first thing you have to do is decide to believe what God has said in John 10:27: His children hear His voice! There is no question here: you are well able to hear it. Just receive that as truth. Let it sink down inside of you for a minute. Now shout, “Amen!”

The second thing you must do is decide that you will do what He says when you hear His voice. You have to do this in advance. You can’t just say, “Ok God, I’ll do whatever you say,” and think in the back of your mind, “But if it gets too hard, I just won’t do it.” He’s not talking to casual inquirers.

Now the third thing you must do is found in Habakkuk 2:1, “I will stand at my watch and station myself on the wall. I will look to see what He will say to me.”

I like what that says. If you want to hear from God, you have to position yourself. It’s not easy to hear from God when you’re driving to work, telling all those around you how to drive. You need to get away from things that distract: your phone, TV, even the computer. Putting yourself in a place mentally and physically to hear from God will get God’s attention.

Finally, the fourth thing you must do to hear God’s voice is expect it. When you get alone with God - you have your Bible and notebook to write down what He shows you - expect God to speak. Expect Him to speak to you through His Word. Expect that you will hear that voice loud and clear inside of you when you pray for wisdom (see James 1:5). Expect when you talk to Him that He’ll converse with you.

Say it out loud with your mouth: “I can hear God’s voice. I am His child. He speaks to me and answers me because I belong to Him!” Now say “Amen” to that, and then get to it! God’s eager to communicate with you today.