Can God Speak To You?

Many Christians long to hear the voice of God. And God longs for them to listen.

Well intended believers will run from one gathering to the next just to hear a man or woman give them a word from the Lord. But the Lord has already spoken to them several times. The problem for these hard of hearing Christians is they want a pillow soft word that doesn't convict them to change or require sacrifice.

Sadly, there are some things God can no longer speak to us about because we don't want to hear it. So He speaks to another person who will listen.

Eli could not hear God but Samuel heard God call him. Saul refused to listen and his heart grew cold and hateful but David heard God and was a man after His heart.

King Saul was given several opportunities to do what is right but refused. His refusal to hear God's voice cut him off from the victory that he could have possessed. When he faced a terrible crisis with an enemy army surrounding him, King Saul sought the Lord.

How many believers have not devoted themselves to a regular time of prayer and Bible reading only to find themselves in trouble then call out to God? Its says in I Samuel 28:6, "He asked the LORD what he should do, but the LORD refused to answer him, either by dreams or by sacred lots or by the prophets."

This tragic verse sums up his life, "So Saul died for his unfaithfulness which he had committed against the Lord, because he did not keep the word of the Lord, and also because he consulted a medium for guidance. But he did not inquire of the Lord; therefore He killed him, and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse" (I Chronicles 10:13-14, KJV).

God "turned the kingdom over to David," because he was a man who cared for the things of God. David was willing to hear God speak truth into his life and David responded by obeying the word of God. Even when he sinned, David's heart was tender toward God. He could not live a day without hearing God's voice.

What blessings has God turned over to someone else because we refuse to hear God speak to us on what we already know is true? Hebrews 3:15 says, "While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation." (KJV). Those who refuse to listen their hearts will grow stone cold to the things of God. But the Lord promises to those that hear Him, "I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." (Revelation 3:20). A feast is spread for those who are willing to hear the Lord speak to the depths of our hearts.

Listen. He's calling us.