How Do You Hear God?

What does God sound like? How do you know if you are really hearing Him or if you are just hearing yourself tell yourself to do something, and you think it's right? Does God have a big strong voice? Does He have a soft tone with an accent we've never heard? What if God sounded like an Australian?

I can remember asking a friend of mine several years ago, "How do you know that God is actually talking to you? How do you know?" I ended up demanding an explanation, and then I never got that explanation in ways that I could actually understand anyway, so, I just kinda went on with life, thinking that I "knew" God, and all was good. I realized later on in life that I knew "about" God, but I didn't really "know" Him.

God talks to me. Sometimes, He is very clear in His direction, and other times, I'm just told to wait. But, my question to my friend was, "How do you know that God is talking to you?" How was I going to be able to KNOW that it was actually God's direction that I was hearing rather than my own?

Sometimes, when life just gets BUSY, I go to a quiet place where there are NO distractions, and just wait. The waiting is where it's at. Go find a quiet place, sit down, get comfortable, and just say, "God, I'm here. I'm ready. Tell me what You want me to know or what You want me to do."

 And then, you just wait.

I have a great place that I go, but sometimes, I can just feel Satan pulling me away from that quiet time with God. Believe me, I have plenty of distractions, but I set my mind on it, and just DO IT, and it turns out to be that I've had some of my best God talks once I get there. I'd love to pray for you, if you have any personal requests. Just email me @ rebekahcorley@comcast.net.

You've heard of your gut feeling before? That's God. A woman's sixth sense? God. Your conscience? Intuition? God. God.

Some people would even go as far to say that Jiminy Cricket was a metaphor for Jesus Christ. Many times, I've wondered why people are so quick to be okay with cartoon characters or "Mother Nature" being socially acceptable "entities", but if you believe that God is the actual Creator, you are put into a pot with the "crazies". However, that's another day. :)

God is the voice of your conscience. Not only can He talk to you through words and thoughts, but He makes himself known all around us. He is the Creator, after all.

If you try to Google this, it could take you down a path that confuses you more, so I put a couple of links here to help out. Don't make this harder than it is by reading all sorts of stuff on the Internet.

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Just stop. As long as it takes, say, "God, I'm here. What do you have for me?" And wait. No distractions. Nothing. Just you and God. And be prepared to just stop until it's clear. Don't get worried about how to pray. It's all about a relationship with God. Just talk to Him like you would anyone else, and He'll meet you where you are. He's God. He can do that.

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