One of the things that was in the mind of God when He created man was that He wanted to have fellowship, communion and an interaction with man. In all His creation, He did something different in man that will enable His desired relationship with him to be accomplished. God wants us to hear Him and that's why He did not breath into plants or animals the breath of the Almighty, the Spirit of God. He breathed into man this breath of life so that there can be something in man that can pick up signals from the Eternal God.
"We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us." 1 Cor. 2:12.
So even though God seems to be withdrawn from physical sight, He wants to be involved in our lives. Every moment, He's transmitting signals of information across to us. And because He wants us to hear Him, He put in us something that will enable us to receive information from Him. Its just like having an electronic gadget that can play music and videos and then another electronic gadget that can play videos and music and also have a Sim card in it. The difference between the two is that for one, you can enjoy the music and all but you can also communicate with it. So when He finished creating us, he installed in us something that will enable us pick up signals from Him and also be able to transmit our deepest thoughts to Him.
Another reason why God installed this thing in us is that He did not intend for us to do things from our brain or bring up ideas from our head and execute it by yourself. Being created in God's image means we have no agenda of our own but what God has in mind for us. For instance, when you stand in front of the mirror and see your image, that image of yours has no agenda independent of your agenda. The image does only what you do and that was God's intention so that even though God is not physically present with us, our generation can know Him, know His mind and His will by looking at our life. So we don't have an independent mind but we are destined to receive information from God and transmit it to our generation. That's why hearing God is very critical.
| "For I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and how to say it. | |
| I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say." John 12:49-50. Anything that does not come from God cannot be accepted by God. So your job is to position yourself in a way that you can receive from Him and then use the mind He has given you to execute His plans. But then Jesus lets us know that its only His sheep that can hear His voice. This means that something must be at work in you that can make you hear from God. There are two voices that speaks to every man on earth; -The voice of God -The voice of a stranger 
There are a number of ways God can speak to His children; 1) Audible voice of God: God can speak to you audibly just like when He spoke to Moses in Exodus 3:4-10 4God saw that he had stopped to look. God called to him from out of the bush, "Moses! Moses!" He said, "Yes? I'm right here!" 5God said, "Don't come any closer. Remove your sandals from your feet. You're standing on holy ground." 6Then he said, "I am the God of your father: The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face, afraid to look at God. 7-8God said, "I've taken a good, long look at the affliction of my people in Egypt. I've heard their cries for deliverance from their slave masters; I know all about their pain. And now I have come down to help them, pry them loose from the grip of Egypt, get them out of that country and bring them to a good land with wide-open spaces, a land lush with milk and honey, the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 9-10"The Israelite cry for help has come to me, and I've seen for myself how cruelly they're being treated by the Egyptians. It's time for you to go back: I'm sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the People of Israel, out of Egypt."2) Dreams/visions: God can reveal things to you in your dreams. He reveals things to His children through visions. Joel 2:28 "And that's just the beginning: After that— "I will pour out my Spirit on every kind of people: Your sons will prophesy, also your daughters. Your old men will dream, your young men will see visions."3) Prophecies: Sometimes, someone can come under the influence of the Holy spirit and begin to utter words. 4) Your circumstances: Something can happen or be happening around you and while you're trying to understand what is going on, an understanding comes to you letting you know what God is saying. I have a friend who God spoke to while he was licking oranges with his friends. The oranges were so sweet but had no seeds in them and while they were wondering why and how such a thing could be, God spoke him and told him that it is a curse for a man to have all the sweet things of life but have no seed to ensure continuity. This just means that all that man possessed will go with him when he dies... 5) Through the Bible: He can speak a word to you while you're studying the bible. This word is particularly to you but coming from the scripture. John the Baptist located himself in the bible as well as Jesus. You can also locate yourself in the bible. God can point you to a bible passage which is your destiny and it describes your journey through life. Anything you hear that is not in line with the bible is not from God. God wants to hear what is in your heart and also intends that you'll hear Him speaking to you, giving you clear directions on what you have to do, what you ought to say and how you ought to say it. 
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