Let God Talk to You

Let God Talk to You

The first time I heard God talk to me, I ended a six-year relationship with alcohol—instantly. I remember exactly where I was and what day and year it was. I’m one of those people who is convinced that once you hear God talk, you’ll never be the same.

In that first conversation, God proved to me that He talks and listens not only to those who know Him well, but to even the sickest soul.

Since that day, God most often talks to me through His Word, followed by simple thoughts or ideas—requiring some action, often very practical, but not necessarily easy to do. At first, what He asks of me may seem unusual, or even impossible. However, if I don’t argue or procrastinate and willingly follow His directions, His voice gets clearer and clearer. In fact, His voice almost always stirs some emotion in me: my heart races, my cheeks flood with redness, or my toes tap quickly and anxiously until I do or say what I feel He is compelling me to do or say.

When God talks to me, I always feel motivated—physically, emotionally, or spiritually. Whether gentle or bold, His words give me courage to do or say something, to stop or to start something, most often to help someone else.

I’ve learned that it isn’t very smart to ignore God when He talks to me. When I don’t listen to Him, I lose my way and hurt myself, or worse, I hurt someone else.

Numerous times each day, God talks to me, and others will indeed confirm that it is God talking! For example, when I tell others what I’ve heard God say, their eyes give me feedback. They often cry spontaneously, or their wide-open eyes confirm they agree with what I’ve just said. Many times they simply lower their gaze so as not to look me directly in the eye—they’re either ashamed or embarrassed or pensive. Their eyes tell me that what I have said resonates with their pain or feelings or emotions— something I wouldn’t have known about them, something only God knows.

Of course I love it when God talks to me in those “mountaintop” moments, when an explosion of clarity, purpose, and then unrestrained emotion erupts within me. In those moments I feel so ready to change, so empowered and full of hope. Yet as anticlimactic as it sounds, it’s after the emotion has dissipated and reality has set in that I’m most convinced I have indeed heard God speak.

God talks to me in a variety of ways—always through His written Word, consistently throughout the day by touching my heart or prompting me with a thought, and sometimes even through silence. His voice is so distinct that I’ve made a habit of writing down immediately what I think or feel He’s saying. Over the years, day after day, my handwritten, two-way conversations with God are black-and-white proof that He knows me so very well, so deeply, and He still loves me! His unconditional love keeps me coming back to hear what He has to say.

Let God Talk To You
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Becky Tirabassi