8/14/09 Yentl Post
Many have served God for years without having known His voice. The excuse given is 'God now speaks through His Word'. Indeed, He does.
None-the-less, God still speaks through visions, revelations, dreams, face to face, in a still small voice, etc. God does not speak to everyone in the exact same way. Though, however many ways we do not believe God speaks ... is at least as many ways He would not speak to us. God does not change. Neither is He a respecter of persons. According to your faith be it unto you.
Some did not ask Isaiah 58:2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
I John 5:14-15: 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
Others failed seeking Proverbs 8:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Some feared following a wrong voice, so they avoided knocking. Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Try starting with something small. If you walk into a room of people and ask God to show you a need, you know it was not just your idea when He answers (because you asked God first). Satan would not ask you to do something good Psalm 37:3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
So, go for it. And, the next time you get an opportunity, try it again.
Or, maybe you have already been hearing a still small voice but were not sure it was God.
If God shows you a need, it is you He is calling you to do something about it.
Once we take whatever step of faith God provides, then He will show us the next. When following God's leading, we soon learn the difference, to 'know' when we have heard from Him. Practice makes perfect. Then, with direct communication, we always have access to the best advice possible.