When does God speak? If you need His wisdom and direction, when can you get it? Can you do anything to “encourage” God to speak to you?
David commented on this in Psalm 25.
“When people choose to follow the Lord—to fear and obey the Lord—He shows them the best way to live.… The Lord gives His secret counsel to those who obey Him.” Psalm 25:12,14.
God speaks to us when we FEAR and OBEY Him.
I have always experienced God’s voice this way: when I am ready to obey Him, no matter what He asks—THEN He will speak to me. He never speaks to me when there is a chance I might say no to Him.
It is only after I have prayed and laid down ALL the options, surrendered every possible choice to God that He speaks to me and lets me know which choice is His choice.
Does that make sense? In other words, if I have three choices, but I am secretly clinging desperately to one of those choices—holding on because I want it so badly—then God will remain silent. I will pray and it will feel like my prayers are stopping at the ceiling.
But when I realize what I am doing and I let go and lay down ALL my options—when I truly surrender 100% and am ready to pick up any option—THEN God speaks to me. Never before.
God speaks to us when He knows we are ready to obey.
If you need God’s wisdom, pray about it. Tell God all your options—and tell Him you will choose any option He has for you. Ask Him to help you release your grip on the things that YOU want, and to make your mind truly open to His will. Ask Him to give you a heart of total surrender. Then once you have surrendered, keep surrendering, and keep listening, because you have reached the place where God may speak.
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