1 Kings 19:11-12, “The Lord said, ‘Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.’ Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.”
God can speak to His people in many ways. Just as Elijah didn’t hear the Voice of God in the force of the wind, the shuddering of the earthquake or the crackling of the fire, God often uses His gentle whisper to speak to our hearts. While we cannot restrict God in the way He speaks, one thing is clear, the closer you draw near to God, the clearer His Voice becomes in your spirit.
The best way to position yourself to hear from God is to settle your spirit. If your heart is disturbed, troubled and weighed down, you will likely to be insensitive to what His Spirit is telling you – that is why we need to take care of the heart! We should never disregard or deprioritise the process of settling our spirits.
The problem we have today is that we can easily give room to things that contaminate our spirits and then we wonder why we begin to disconnect from God. But the closer you draw near to God, the more you prioritise Him, the more time you spend with Him, you will find that spontaneously, your spirit is engaging in godly things without your mind even being conscious of it. But there are no shortcuts to spiritual maturity – that’s why we have to persevere in this journey of faith. If you seek Him with all your heart, you will find Him. He will not leave us without guidance.
Although we cannot determine how God speaks to us or the way God will choose to answer us when we pray, we can take care of the heart to whom God will speak.
Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, thank You for Your promise that You will draw near to me as I draw near to You. Give me an undivided heart that hears Your Voice and submits to Your Will. In Jesus’ name, amen.