Listening for Gods voice is super important for everyone but especially those who feel like there is no hope for them. Everyone has a purpose, for some the thought of it comes faster than others. Or if you’re like me you’ve known for a while what it was but never acted on it. This is where reaching out to or listening for his voice comes into play. Now God won’t just appear from the heavens and tell you exactly what you want to hear, but he will reach out to you through what you watch on tv, hear on the radio, what you see on social media or simply praying and reading the Bible. Sometimes it would be in the form of you answering your own questions. You have to be open in the ways you think he will answer you. Don’t ever think you’re crazy because of this.
As I’ve gotten older, I noticed that I listen more when I’m under extreme stress or feel like I’m not doing enough. And that’s my own fault, God has been trying to talk to me for a while now. This also plays into how you feel about your life, do you ever feel like you should be doing more, or you’re not reaching your potential, not using your god given talent. Those are all clues that God wants you to do something different in your life, but you’re just not listening.
This is something I have and still struggle with. When I do decide to listen, its when times are rough, but it also turns out to be the greatest day/week in my life because I’m doing what I was called to do, to write and ceate. I know listening can be very hard, and ever harder to find the motivation when you’re not seeing any fruits of your labor, but trust me nothing out weighs the feeling and joy you get from just listening and acting.
Now as I stated before God has been talking to me for a really long time. Ever since I was 11 or 12 years old. Growing up I’ve always been painfully shy and always put into positions where I had to speak to groups of people. Luckily, as far as I know they didn’t judge me to harsh and always supported me and gave me tips on how to improve. But in my mind I know I didn’t do as good as they were making me feel. Another way I knew God was directing my life, is with a blog I had to create. BABBE!! let me tell you this blog has been in the making since 2012 under numerous names, platforms, topics but I never gave it my all, and God kept brining me back to it. Anddd here we are!!!
His patience with me is remarkable, cause I don’t even have that patience with my self. If something is not working out I’m ready to move onto the next. But he always brought me back to social media, a way to get my thoughts and ideas out there. He tried public speaking and that didn’t work out at all, but maybe one day I’ll be brave enough. All of these tests in my life help me realize that my calling is to help motivate myself, I can really do anything if I put my mind to it. To motivate and guide others, help those who want and need TO realize their full potential. His patience is wow, out of all the times I just wanted to give up on everything because it seemed like nothing was ever going right. It was me who was never listening.
Currently how I communicate with God is by having internal conversations with him, sometimes I answer my own questions or he finds a way to speak to me either through the Bible or social media. Ever since I started this, I have been less anxious and nervous about the future. I closing just find a way that really suits you to listen, he’ll guide you trust me.
