loretta j. willis, author

Hearing God

Posted on March 3, 2018

The ability to hear causes us to take notice, to observe or pay attention to what we are being informed of. Hearing is listening.

Are you a good listener? Whether you believe you are a good listener or not, God has plenty to say about the art of being a good listener. The word is used so often in the Bible God must have known we would be challenged in this area.

“Listen diligently to Me…incline your ear, and come to Me; hear, that your soul may live…” (Isaiah 55:2,3)

The livelihood of our souls depends on how great a listener we are to not only what God speaks into our lives but how well we apply it. God tells us that it was because the Israelites refused to hear His words they turned back to the sin of their forefathers.

“They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear My words.” (Jeremiah 11:10)

Listening and believing go hand in hand with God. He promises to bless those who believe what He speaks.

“And blessed is she who believes that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.” (Luke 1:45)

Listening and obedience go hand in hand with God who entrusted an entire nation under the leadership of Moses to bring them into the promised land.

“…He is faithful in all My house.” (Numbers 12:7)

Hearing God can’t be done well in a noisy and hectic lifestyle. We must learn to guard our hearts for the quiet times that are needed to hear and grow in our knowledge of God and the daily fellowship and blessings that knowing Him offer.

“Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, for He will speak peace to His people, to His saints; but let them not turn back to folly.” (Psalm 85:8)

“Be still, and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10)