Do you seek a relationship with FATHER out of desire or out of duty?
If you seek a relationship with FATHER out of desire, you will intently seek to hear HIS Voice.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 1:
13 In Him you also, when you heard the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your salvation, and believed in Him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
14 Who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of His glory.
When we received salvation, we heard! When we received the baptism of The Holy Spirit, again, we heard!
Wisdom recorded in Proverbs chapter 27:
7 One who is full loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet. ESV
How hungry are you to hear FATHER speak? To those of us who are truly hungry, we will even seek out what is viewed as “bitter” in order to hear FATHER.
Jesus spoke the parable of the soils (aka hearts) in Mark chapter 4:
20 But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear The Word and accept It and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”
How do we bear greater fruit? Jesus interprets the difference between thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.
21 And Jesus said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand?
22 For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light.
23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.“
24 And He said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you.
25 For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”
The value you place on GOD speaking is the measure that you will hear! Are you desperate to hear better? I am… whatever it takes.
Wisdom wrote in Proverbs chapter 25:
2 It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings (Royal Sons and Daughters) is to search things out.
God conceals the revelation of His Word in the hiding place of His glory. We are meant to thoroughly search out the deeper meaning of all that God says.
FATHER hides things for you, HE doesn’t hide things from you!
Have you had a check in your spirit?
Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 16:
6 And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the Word in Asia.
7 And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.
8 So, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas.
9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” [10] And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the Gospel to them.
Paul was checked by The Holy Spirit twice about where he was to go.
The Scriptures are the basis for all hearing from GOD. Anything you are hearing must line up with The Word. If you don’t know The Word, you cannot be sure you are hearing it correctly.
Peter wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Peter chapter 1:
19 And we have the prophetic Word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
20 knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation.
21 For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
Our sanctified desires can reveal the Will of GOD.
Jesus spoke in Mark chapter 11:
24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
When you are in FATHER’S Presence, HE will shape your desires based on your individual calling.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 1:
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the Spirit of Wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
You should expect the eyes of your understanding be enlightened. As they are, you will become more sensitive in hearing FATHER.
Acts 26:17-18 NKJV
I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, [18] to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’
Jesus spoke in John chapter 8:
43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear My Word.
Jesus also spoke in Revelation chapter 2:
7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’
We are encouraged to hear AND respond without delay. However, it will take commitment to develop this level of hearing. Be still, remove distractions, and expect to hear FATHER in whatever manner HE can get through to you. Write down what you hear in your spirit.
Spiritual intuition trumps logic every time.
It is written by THE SPIRIT in Nehemiah chapter 7:
5 Then My God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles and the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written in it: