God Still Speaks with Leon du Preez

Faith has ears. God supplies the Spirit and works miracles through the hearing of faith. In Galatians 3, Paul brings the believer back to that source. Israel surrendered golden earrings to make a calf, a picture of trading hearing for the work of human hands. Rebekah heard about a bridegroom she had never seen and chose to go. Hear what Christ has done for you. Receive the grace He supplies, and keep your confidence in His finished work as His Word builds faith.

God's voice is more discerned than heard. In 2 Kings 3:15, Elisha called for a musician, and the hand of the Lord came upon him as the musician played. A heart governed by peace can grow sensitive to the Holy Spirit's inward witness. These five feelings give practical language to that witness, including the conscience that checks your course and the warmth of His presence. Give the Word room to distinguish soul from spirit. Learn to test your thoughts and exercise your senses in prayer, so you can recognise His leading in your daily decisions.

Ministering to the Lord begins with giving Him your attention and love. In Acts 13, the Holy Spirit spoke as the believers worshiped and fasted. Ephesians 5 brings that fellowship into daily life through psalms, hymns and spiritual songs offered from the heart. You can praise God without making a request, wait in His presence, and learn to pray with both your spirit and your understanding. Make room for this quiet fellowship in your day, even for five or ten minutes, and grow attentive to the Spirit who dwells within you.

God does not need to raise His voice for you to hear Him. Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would dwell in you, and Romans 8 places His leading within the life of every child of God. The inward witness, the inward voice and the voice of the Holy Spirit call for discernment that grows through practice. Learn to recognize the difference between a passing feeling and an inward knowing, test what you hear against the written Word, and bring your decisions before God with a clean conscience and the assurance of Christ within you.