The Still Small Voice

I don't always do the things that God asks me to do. And I think that can probably be said for just about every Christian ever...ever.

And sometimes I just ignore what I know am supposed to do but I also think a lot of the time, it's because I talk talk myself out of it with a very crafty question from Satan that he's been asking since the Garden of Eden: "Did God really say you must not eat from any tree in the garden?"(Gen 3:1)

Did God really say that? 

Did He really?

Sometimes we hear the voice of the Holy Spirit asking us to do something we may think seems crazy or scary or even just uncomfortable. And instead of doing it- we ask the question "Did God really say that?" 

So many of us struggle with what God wants us to do. It's what I've been struggling with since I graduated high school. What does He want me to do after school? Where does He want to use me? What is the answer in this situation? Sometimes I think that if He would just write it out for me, I'd happily do it. I just want to know!

But that's just not how we hear from Him usually and instead when we hear the still small voice of the Holy Spirit, we don't know how to discern it from our own voice or the voices of the enemy and it keeps us from doing the greatest things that God's calling us to. 

So what's the solution?

I've been begging God for an answer and I feel like I've finally gotten one. It's surprisingly simple. 

Knowing His voice. 

Easier said than done, right?

But we cannot do all of the specific things that the Lord is calling us to until we learn to discern His voice. 

"His sheep follow him because they know his voice." John 10:4

We have to be in tune with the voice of the Holy Spirit. Plain and simple. 

So how?

Well, that question is a little more complicated but this I know to be true: 

When you seek the Lord, you find Him. (Matt. 7:7)

Seek His voice so often that you know it.

Stop asking God to write it in the skies for you and instead learn to listen. 

Seek His voice diligently.

Then see the crazy adventures He will take you on when are obedient to His voice.