3 Ways to Grow in Hearing God's Voice
One of the most common questions that I receive is around to grow in hearing the Lord’s voice. Understanding how to hear God speak to us is an important part of our walk with the Lord. It is core to our ability to walk in relationship with God. Scripture connects our ability to hear God’s voice with the fact that we are His sheep and He is our shepherd.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5 A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”
John 10:1-5
Take Time
The sheep know the voice of the shepherd because they have spent time together. The sheep don’t know the voice of the stranger because they haven’t spent the same time walking through the pastures with the stranger listening to his voice.
I can pick out my wife’s voice in a crowded room not because it is drastically more unique than everyone else’s but because I have spent 15 + years listening to her voice. So when she enters the room, I recognize what has become familiar and consistent. That’s what time does.
When we are looking to grow in hearing God’s voice it’s important to set aside time to be with Him. It is a relationship that grows. The more we take time to share our hearts with Him, ask Him questions and listen the more we get to know His voice.
Read Scripture
Scripture reveals what God is like and shows us what God sounds like. If we want to grow in hearing God’s voice, scripture is essential. When I say scripture, I’m not just talking about reading the verse of the day off your favorite influencer’s instagram page or bible app. I’m talking about real time in scripture. Where we read through chapters at a time so that we see each verse in the context it was written in.
Time in scripture helps us learn what God sounds like but it also helps us grow in our discernment. It helps us recognize when we are hearing His voice vs another. His voice will never violate scripture and will always lead us into deeper relationship with God & His people.
Learn The Languages of Heaven
This may come as a surprise to some but God’s first language isn’t English. He is able to communicate with us in multiple ways. Below is (a non exhaustive) list of ways that God speaks to us. *For more information on the languages of Heaven, check out our series on the Prophetic.
Still Smalll Voice - 1 Kings 19:11-13
Scripture - 2 Timothy 3:16-17
Visions - Acts 2:17-18
Dreams - Daniel 2:31-35, Genesis 20:3, Matthew 2:13
There are many ways that the Lord speaks to us. Understanding the ways that He speaks helps us to recognize His voice when He does. Sometimes, when we feel like we can’t find God’s voice it is because He is speaking to us in a new way that we haven’t heard Him speak in before.
His voice is for everyone and He is always speaking. Lean into His voice today.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5 A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”
John 10:1-5
Take Time
The sheep know the voice of the shepherd because they have spent time together. The sheep don’t know the voice of the stranger because they haven’t spent the same time walking through the pastures with the stranger listening to his voice.
I can pick out my wife’s voice in a crowded room not because it is drastically more unique than everyone else’s but because I have spent 15 + years listening to her voice. So when she enters the room, I recognize what has become familiar and consistent. That’s what time does.
When we are looking to grow in hearing God’s voice it’s important to set aside time to be with Him. It is a relationship that grows. The more we take time to share our hearts with Him, ask Him questions and listen the more we get to know His voice.
Read Scripture
Scripture reveals what God is like and shows us what God sounds like. If we want to grow in hearing God’s voice, scripture is essential. When I say scripture, I’m not just talking about reading the verse of the day off your favorite influencer’s instagram page or bible app. I’m talking about real time in scripture. Where we read through chapters at a time so that we see each verse in the context it was written in.
Time in scripture helps us learn what God sounds like but it also helps us grow in our discernment. It helps us recognize when we are hearing His voice vs another. His voice will never violate scripture and will always lead us into deeper relationship with God & His people.
Learn The Languages of Heaven
This may come as a surprise to some but God’s first language isn’t English. He is able to communicate with us in multiple ways. Below is (a non exhaustive) list of ways that God speaks to us. *For more information on the languages of Heaven, check out our series on the Prophetic.
Still Smalll Voice - 1 Kings 19:11-13
Scripture - 2 Timothy 3:16-17
Visions - Acts 2:17-18
Dreams - Daniel 2:31-35, Genesis 20:3, Matthew 2:13
There are many ways that the Lord speaks to us. Understanding the ways that He speaks helps us to recognize His voice when He does. Sometimes, when we feel like we can’t find God’s voice it is because He is speaking to us in a new way that we haven’t heard Him speak in before.
His voice is for everyone and He is always speaking. Lean into His voice today.
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