This is such a big question and has been for ages – how can I hear from God? There’s so many reasons we’d want to hear – just to communicate with Him, maybe we’re looking for answers to questions to doubts, maybe we need guidance for next steps. Whatever the reason, a beautiful truth we can know is that God WANTS to communicate with us. In Jeremiah 33:3 God says, “call to me and I will answer you”

• • Read your Bible – Hebrews 4:12 says “the word of God is living and active”; 2 Timothy 3:16 says that all scripture is breathed out by God. We have the opportunity to read the words of God Himself. Sometimes we sit there waiting for signs and wonders when – not that that doesn’t or can’t happen – really God has revealed Himself to us through His words – the Bible. I’d encourage you to go through verse by verse and read what He has to say to you.
  • Pray to Him  –  Jeremiah 29:12 says, “then you will call on me and come pray to me and I will listen to you.” God listens when we pray. Praying to God is talking to God. It’s communicating with the Most High. Whether you’re asking Him to speak to you before you read your Bible or you’re praising Him in the car or praying for others needs and your needs on a walk or while youre cooking. In 1 Thessalonians 4, we are encouraged to pray without ceasing. 
  • Set aside uninterrupted time – In a world of constant phone notifications, hustle culture, multi tasking and busy lives (and believe me, now more than ever I’m guilty of getting easily consumed by this) I wonder how our walks with God would transform if we dedicated more time to talk to God. More UNINTERRUPTED time. God can do a LOT with just a few minutes. Imagine if we only gave our very best friend or family member or significant other a few minutes of our day and those days were filled with only talking about our own problems and then checking our phone. How good of a relationship would we have with that person? No relationship at all. The same idea applies here. We often think we can get away with growing spiritually and knowing Jesus super well while dedicating only 5, 10 or 15 interrupted, self focused minutes with Him each day. If we want to hear from Him, know Him more and grow in our relationship with Him – it’s never Him who is lacking in desire or ability. He is able and ready and wanting to have a relationship with us, talk to us, hear from us.