Stop, Look, and Listen

I spend quite a bit of time focusing on God plan. I am always quick to say we need to listen for the Lord’s instruction; we should wait and see what He has in store for us. This is all very true, but I get a lot of questions about how do we know God’s intentions in our life, how can do we know if it is God’s will to do this instead of that? A lot of people make the observation that while they pray and pray, they never “hear” the Lord.

So this week I want to spend some time looking at how the Lord speaks to us, and how we can prepare ourselves to really get in tune with God’s plan. We will look at three different areas; first does God speak to man? Next we will ask can we understand or “hear” the Lord. Third (and this is where we will spend the majority of the time) we will look at what the Lord has to tell us, as well as how to hear Him clearly, and know His voice.


We know that the Lord speaks to us. Throughout the bible we read the phrase “the Lord said” We read that the Lord spoke to many people throughout the Bible. Adam, and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Moses, Nehemiah, Jonah, the list goes on and on. We do know one thing; yes The Lord does speak to us. Sometimes he even uses animals as in the story of Balaam found in Chapter 22 of Numbers. The Lord used a donkey to speak to Balaam. Then of course there is scores of examples where the Lord sends His messengers to relay his desires, and his plan to men. Mary, and the Sheppard’s are two that come to mind. The Father of John the Baptist would be another.

There is no doubt that God does indeed speak to us! He has much to say, and He wants an open line of communication. It does take some practice, and desire on our part. If you notice most of the people that the Lord speaks so clearly to, happen to be very in tune with the Lord. They are people who spend their time in prayer; they spend their time searching out God’s voice.

The Lord wants to talk to you, the question is do you want to listen?

Peace,
Brian