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Can We Hear God's Voice?

For many Christians, hearing God's voice is an abstract idea. We certainly believe in the existence of God. We go to church. We pray before our meals. We sing our songs or psalms. In special moments, we sense something of God's presence—often during hardship, setbacks, or illness. That’s when we seek Him more personally, and thanks to His infinite grace, He is there for us.

However, the Bible teaches us that God desires to live in constant connection with us. Otherwise, we remain like the older son in Luke 15—always working for the Father, but unaware of what the Father truly wants to give him. (Luke 15:31)

“The Bible teaches us that God desires to live in constant connection with us.”

This article centers on the question: “Can we—ordinary believers, people like you and me—hear God's voice?” Perhaps the better way to phrase it is: “Does God still speak today?” That is the question we must first explore. If the answer is yes—that God still speaks—then the next question is whether we can also hear Him.

The Revelation of the New Covenant

I believe Scripture reveals in many places that God is a speaking God. The key to understanding this lies in grasping the revelation of the new covenant—as Peter explains in Acts 2, where he quotes the words of Joel 2:28–29.

“And it shall come to pass in the last days,” says God, “that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. And on My menservants and My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy.” (Acts 2:17–18)

Peter is saying that from that very day forward, the time had begun when God's Spirit would be poured out on all flesh. That outpouring reveals itself through visions, dreams, and prophecy. If the Spirit is now available to all flesh—thanks to Jesus’ sacrifice which sanctifies us—then in essence, everyone can receive God’s Spirit to the same degree as John the Baptist, Elijah, David, or Samuel did under the old covenant.

And the Bible confirms this truth in many places. James explains that we, as New Testament believers, are people just like Elijah (James 5:17). Jesus Himself says that the least in this new covenant is even “greater” than John the Baptist.

So the answer to our questions is: Yes, God speaks and He speaks to those who believe in Him. He desires to share His mysteries with us. He wants to reveal His heart. The dreams and plans He has for us, He longs to work out in our lives (Psalm 139:16–17).

A ‘Certain’ Disciple Listens to God

One beautiful example from the Bible is the story of Ananias: “Now there was a certain disciple in Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, ‘Ananias!’ And he said, ‘Here I am, Lord.’” (Acts 9:10)

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