It’s a question I get asked a lot. “I’m just not sure what I should do?” “Should I go to this school or that one?” “Should I take this new job?” “Is he the one that’s right for me?” “Which direction do I turn?” “What decision do I make?” “If only I could hear God’s voice!” “The lady in my life group is always telling us what God said to her.” “How can I hear God?”

We all long to hear God’s voice. The good news is that God is speaking. God has always been a speaking God:

• God spoke to Moses through a burning bush (Exodus 3:1-4)
• Balaam heard through the mouth of a donkey (Numbers 22:1-35)
• God spoke to Gideon through a fleece (Judges 6:37-40)
• It was in a still, small whisper that Elijah heard God’s voice (1 Kings 9:12)
• Paul was blinded by a light while walking down a road (Acts 9:1-5)
• God showed up to Peter in a dream (Acts 10:9-16)

Some insist that God has stopped speaking like He did in these instances in the Bible. That God does not communicate in the same way as when He spoke creation into existence or when He instructed his disciples on the hillside. Maybe you agree because you have never had the experience of a loud booming voice, blinding lights or shrubberies bursting into flame yet not burning up. Or then again, maybe you have?

The truth is, God is speaking. And He wants to talk to you! In Matthew 4:4, Jesus, when being tempted by the devil, quotes Deuteronomy 8:3: “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” Did you catch that? We are to live on the words that come out of God’s mouth. That means He must be speaking! This may come as a surprise to you, but God is more than likely speaking to you right now.

God is speaking. Are you listening?

Join us at Aldersgate (aldersgatelive.org) this Sunday as we begin a new sermon series, “How Can I Hear God?”