How to Hear God: A Simple Guide for Normal People

by Pete Greig

But if your desire is for something more, if you are thirsty for a fresh encounter with Jesus and longing to become more familiar with his voice, or simply wanting to want him more, I would encourage you to pause and pray whenever something stirs your soul as you read. Resist the temptation to rush. Try to make this a process of personal interaction with God. Embark upon a season of seeking his face. Begin to do your own deals with him, as Asrin did. Earnestly process your questions with other people, as I did with Nicole before Hong Kong and as that couple did too on the Emmaus road. As you do these things, I believe that the Lord will respond to your requests in generous proportion to your desire. “You will seek me and find me,” he says, “when you seek me with all your heart” (Jer. 29:13). God does not say here, “You will inevitably find me the moment you seek me.” Rather, he promises to be found “when you seek me with all your heart.” There is something about the posture of my praying and the wholeheartedness of my seeking—the determination, desperation, and desire—that moves the heart and attracts the attention of God. Eventually.