Occasionally, when the Lord is teaching me something, it is rather obvious. Most of the time however, it is “the still small voice” [1 Kings 19:12] that I must strive to listen to, or I just might miss the lessons He is yearning to teach me.

It has been that small voice that has consistently done big and wonderful things. Sometimes we ignore the voice of God, and listen to our own way of thinking instead. Other times, we might mistakenly label our thoughts as God’s thoughts. I once said that I can tell if it’s God talking if it disagrees with what I want to do. If the voice is justifying what I want to do, then it is probably my flesh speaking. I still believe this to an extent, but the more my mind is renewed with Heavenly things vs. worldly things; I find that I’m not disagreeing as much.

When that happens everything flows better, and I have a sense of peace knowing that I am in the will of God. When you are in the will of God you are traveling with the river’s current.

Traveling against the current isn’t fun. Some days I wake up and I’m really grouchy. I won’t pray, and I won’t listen to any worship music. I just go through the day getting angry at drivers on the road, forgetting stuff, running into doors [I’m such a klutz sometimes], and everything seems like a challenge. Finally, at the end of the day, the still small voice says, “you better talk to Me”. God knows we can’t do anything apart from Him, and sometimes we have to have those bad days to remind us of how much we need Him.

It’s important to connect with Him everyday. It’s important to hear His voice, and have the personal relationship with Him that religion doesn’t offer. You can go to church, have a bible study, sing some worship music, and go to sleep. That still doesn’t mean you have a relationship with God. A relationship involves two or more people. At the end of the day, it’s just you and Him.

He listens to you. Don’t you think it’s time you started listening to Him?