Can You Hear Him Now?

Lent is a time when many Christians acknowledge a need to “get back to praying”. This is such a strange notion when you put that thought beside what we say we believe, that daily prayer is “what Christians do.” This acknowledgment of having a pause or a break in your prayer life does recognize two important things. First, our human tendency to stray from our connection to God, and second, our concession that being connected to God is of vital importance to our lives. There are even those who don’t confess to be Christians, but have a longing in their very core for a connection to something greater than themselves. Many people throughout the world sense that God is out there, but may struggle with how to connect. Does God hear us? Does He care? In David’s Psalms, he cries out to God, “hear my prayer” (Ps 28:2, 39:12). David speaks to God knowing that God is there listening. God is always listening.

Part of the problem with prayer is that we leave it at that- talking to God. Whether it is daily and consistent prayer or just those “help me now God” prayers, we forget that we are to be in conversation with God. Prayer is not just giving God a shopping list of our needs, because God already knows what you need (Mat 6:8). Prayer is building and renewing your relationship with God.

When was the last time you heard from God? I’m not talking about a booming voice (remember when God spoke to Moses in the movie “The Ten Commandments?) coming down from the sky. God speaks to us in innumerable ways, such as in the storm and with His small still voice. He speaks to our minds, our hearts and our circumstances, but to hear Him, don’t we need to be actively listening for Him?

I’ve been reading a blog called, seekgodwithme.blogspot.com, which has been posting a series on “How to Hear God.” There are five posts that offer different ways to understand conversing with, not at, God. I hope you’ll time to mosey through these posts and perhaps gain a new or refreshed understanding of what it means to make time to listen to God.

How to Hear God, part 1

How to Hear God, part 2

How to Hear God, part 3

How to Hear God, part 4

How to Hear God, part 5