This was a great week to be reminded of the importance of intimacy in hearing God's voice. God wants to speak to us through relationship. Hearing God's voice flows from a lifestyle of friendship with Him. Time spent with Him, in His word, and learning to constantly be aware of His presence. Cultivating a rich, fruitful inner life with God, rather than letting it be stagnant and barren. If we just go to God when we need something or just to find out something specific, then we will just end up with a transactional relationship with God, where we come and go as we please and use Him just to go to when we need something and then go back to our own life when we have what we need. God wants to be in constant conversation/communion with us and speak to us from that level of relationship.
The more time we spend with God the more we come to know his voice. How does a child know His fathers voice? - by spending time with Him. And how does a child know what is in and behind what his father says? The meaning in His words, the love in His words?
It's about enjoying the presence of God and in that we will we will hear God's voice. It's not about hearing God's voice - it's about relationship and intimacy. Matthew 4:4 Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
It was great to have some really practical times of outworking what we were learning. We spent some time just enjoying God's presence and God really spoke in those times.
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