I think we often gloss right over the amazing power behind the thought that God wants to communicate with us. God wants to talk with us. God wants us to be a part of what is happening in the mission and ministry of the Kingdom.
But in order to claim this power, we must submit and listen. Two words that we don't seem to like in the English language.
I grew up in a tradition that spoke of having a personal relationship with God, but I don't remember anyone truly teaching me how to listen to God. Sure, folks taught me how to pray and what to say, and that through prayer we can talk to God, but prayer is about more than talking. It requires listening as well.
Perhaps listening wasn't something that was taught because listening means different things to different people.
So maybe we need to relearn what prayer is. That it's not so much about what we say, as simply showing up. And in showing up we open up our hearts and ears to listen to the God who wants to speak to us.
What are some of the ways you prepare your heart to lisetn to God?
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