"For God does speak, now one way, now another, though man may not perceive it." Job 33:14

God is speaking to you in ways you often overlook. He has many ways of speaking and He doesn't always speak in the way that you expect Him to; that is one of the reasons why you don't realise that you already hear God more than you think.

Most people hear God through the Bible, His peace, a still small voice, circumstances, other Christians, wisdom and common sense. God speaks in many other ways too.

It is important not to get bogged down with how God speaks. The important thing is to expect God to speak and be ready to hear Him speak in unexpected ways.

If you want to hear God, the first thing you need to do is learn how to tune in to His voice. The better you get to know God and His ways the easier it is to tune in and recognise when God is speaking.

Learning to recognise when God is speaking takes time and effort. The more often you meet with God and talk with Him, the easier it will be to recognise His voice. When you become familiar with God's presence and His voice it will be much easier to hear God speaking.

Sometimes you don't hear God because you're not really expecting Him to speak or because you're expecting Him to speak in a certain way. When He speaks in a way you don't expect, it's easy to miss what He's saying.

God is full of surprises. Never forget that He isn't human, it's a mistake to limit Him to what you know or expect. You need to be open to God speaking to you in any way He chooses and not just in ways that are familiar.

People 'hear' from God in different ways. God's 'voice' isn't limited to words. He speaks through all of His creation.

Many people 'hear' God speaking through circumstances or their surroundings. In the Bible, God spoke to people in ways that they could see and experience in their daily lives. God communicated with people through what was obvious and all around them. He does the same with us today.

Larry Randolph tells us

"the human body is like a giant ear drum that processes thousands of pieces of information from every spectrum of life"

You hear God through all of your senses. The 'sound' of His voice comes in many different ways. There is no set way of hearing God.

These are some of the ways God speaks to you and some of the means He uses to get your attention:

An inner voice

An inner witness of the Holy Spirit

Inspired thought

Impressions

Dreams

Visions

Visitations

Conscience

His peace

Wisdom

Mental pictures

Physical senses

Nature

The heavens

Symbolic language

Other people

Prophecy

Events in the secular world

Films

Billboards

Fiction

Songs

Apparent coincidences

Circumstances

His written word

Even an audible voice, though I have to tell you, that's rare.

God often speaks in a combination of different ways; creating a symphony that you begin to hear once you discover how to tune in to God's voice.

Psalm 119:105 says that God's word is a lamp to your feet and a light to your path.

I'm sure you have had a Scripture suddenly come into your mind or a Bible reference, which, when you look it up, speaks directly to your situation. God often speaks through His word. You need to read it, study it and meditate on it. It's a lamp to your feet and a plumb line to measure everything by.

On the back cover of Larry Randolph's book, 'Spirit Talk', it says,

"It was in the garden of Eden that the creator first communed with His creation. Since that time, generations of men have forgotten that God is a talking God, and as a result many live in a vacuum of spiritual silence. Thus, the age-old question: Could the Creator really be speaking today? And, if so, how do we perceive the sound of His Voice?"

I hope you're encouraged to believe that God is speaking to you. You can hear God's voice every day, it iss much easier to hear God than you think.