895 God Is Talking Now

I’ve heard that God speaks through a still small voice, but dang it’s been a long time since I heard that still small voice. Does that mean he’s not talking to me, or that I’m not listening? What if it’s neither. Did you know the Bible only mentions God speaking in a still small voice one time. Just once in all of scripture is that referenced. 1 Kings 19 we read of Elijah standing before the Lord in the mountains after being visited by an angel. A great wind came, then an earthquake, then a fire, but God’s voice was in none of them. Finally after all of this, there was a still small voice that was God. Why all the wind, the earthquake, and then the fire before God spoke in this still small voice? Could it be to show God doesn’t need great and mysterious events to speak? It doesn’t have to be dramatic. God didn’t speak in the wind. He didn’t speak in the earthquake. He didn’t speak in the fire. He spoke after the chaos, after the distractions, in the stillness. We want God to speak to us in an unmistakable booming voice, something we surely can’t miss. We want a grand story and poignant moment where we know God is speaking. Heck we want blinking lights and flashing arrows, but what if instead God is speaking in whispers your spirit can’t even hear? What if you’ve been listening for a sound, but his Spirit is doing a moving. A moving within your soul towards that which God wills. God, I’m not hearing you! And God says ‘that’s because I’m not using my voice, I’m using my Spirit.’ Why have we limited God to the way he can speak to us? God speaks though his written word, he speaks through his people who he anointed to share, he spoke in a fire, he spoke through an angel, he once even spoke through a donkey. Let me tell you, God can speak however and whenever he wants. But the majority of the time, it’s not in an audible voice. It’s not dramatic. In fact, most of the time I couldn’t even put words to how God speaks because it’s indescribable, but you KNOW. You feel that nudge. You feel that confirmation. You feel that uncertainty within your spirit settle and be still. Yes, that’s it … a settling of your stirred up spirit. A peace no words can explain, when peace doesn’t make sense. Let’s talk about that. Let’s talk about all the times you’ve known God was guiding you, but you can’t quite describe it. All the times you’ve felt his prompting but don’t know how to explain it. It’s happened to you, but maybe you’ve forgotten about it because there are so many other voices in your world that are much louder, and more exciting things you’ve been chasing after. Our dog knows the sound of his Daddy. My husband could never sneak up on us because Tank’s tail gives him away before we even know he is near. I won’t hear the truck. I won’t hear his steps walking up the sidewalk, but Tank’s tail starts beating the hardwood floor. He knows Daddy’s coming home. There’s no mistaking he’s here. Now our dog couldn’t explain why Daddy’s footsteps sound different than everyone else’s, but he just knows. He knows because that’s his Daddy, and he’s learned to continually be alert for him. Have we learned to continually be alert for our Daddy? Our Heavenly Father has a rhythm. He has a pattern. He has a way of working, and as his children, we are wired to be aware of him. Jesus promised if we seek we will find. Seeking is an intentional act of listening, looking and searching. It’s an alertness that won’t overlook the details. It’s an expectation to find. It’s KNOWING what you’re searching for is here and can be found. God is here, and he can be found.