Episode Transcript
[00:00:12] Well, hey, friends, welcome back to another edition of the weekday podcast. I'm so glad you're here today. Today's question is, how do you hear God in a world full of voice? What if the reason you're stuck isn't because God isn't speaking, but because life is just too loud to hear him? Because we live in a world of notifications and group chats and breaking news and 247 sports commentary and AI generated everything.
[00:00:35] It's not that we don't want to hear from God. It's just that we can barely hear ourselves think. And if we're honest, we've gotten used to the noise, the background hum of distraction that has become the soundtrack of our day. But what if it isn't just inconvenient? What if it's actually dangerous for our Souls? And Habakkuk 2, verse 1. Habakkuk says this. He says, I will stand on my guard post. I will station myself on the rampart. I will keep watch to see what he will speak to me. When you think about Habakkuk and you think about his posture, he is fed up. Life isn't going the way that he thinks it should. God's people are drifting, and justice is thriving. And he's got questions. But instead of ranting on social media, instead of spiraling into anxiety, he does something that's powerful. He climbs up to his post, he quiets himself, and he says, I will keep watch to see what he will speak to me.
[00:01:30] Now, that's not just a physical decision. It is a spiritual one. He's saying, God, I'm tuning in. And I really believe that's the missing ingredient, that hearing God starts with us slowing down. Which reminds me that listening to God is actually a choice.
[00:01:46] Most of us want to hear God, but we rarely position ourselves to listen. We're too rushed, we're too distracted. We're too reactive. And we don't hear God because we're multitasking our way through prayer. We treat scripture like it's a checklist, and we let our emotions speak louder than his word. But Habakkuk challenges us to make a choice. To say, I will stand.
[00:02:07] I will keep watch. That's intentional. It's slow. It's still. Because God doesn't shout to compete with the noise. He waits to be wanted. And so I want to give you four questions to help you here. If you're ready to reposition yourself today, listen. Here are four questions to sit with this week. Number one, when was the last time you truly Got still. I'm not talking 30 seconds. I'm not talking about a rushed prayer in traffic. I mean still where you put your phone down, you put it on, do not disturb. You step away from the noise and you let silence stretch a little longer than feels comfortable. In that stillness, your soul starts to settle and your heart becomes sensitive. Number two, God is the still. My word. Maybe you picked a word back in January, but life has changed. Seasons have shifted, priorities have evolved.
[00:02:53] Asking this question doesn't make you flaky, it makes you faithful. God might affirm your word or he might refine it. Question number three. What are you saying to me in this season? Your circumstances, they aren't random. They're a classroom. What is God trying to teach you through the stress, the silence, the celebration, or even the sorrow? And question number four. God, what do you want to do inside of me? Sometimes we want external transformation. A new job, better finances, fixed relationships. But God often starts with this internal transformation. What's he working on in your character, in your habits, in your perspective. Because the goal isn't to master your word, it's to let your word master you.
[00:03:35] And so when you think about going old school for a second, think about before digital radios, we actually used dials. When you're driving out of range, you'd hear static. You'd get two signals bleeding into one another. Your music station and some truckers saying breaker, breaker 1 9.
[00:03:50] That's what it feels like sometimes when we're trying to hear from God. We've got this mix of truth and the world's noise. And we're hearing something, but it's unclear, it's conflicting, it's chaotic.
[00:04:00] What you need isn't a new signal. You just need to tune the dial just a bit.
[00:04:05] What if this week, this month, the rest of this year became a chance for you to recalibrate your hearing? Habakkuk, he climbed up to this physical guard post. Maybe you might be climbing up to your back porch with coffee in your Bible. Or a lunchtime walk with no earbuds in. Or a parked car after school drop off. Or a quiet chair before bed, journaling what God's stirring in your heart. It's not about location, it's actually about intention. God speaks most clearly to the heart that is most quiet before him. So don't over complicate it. Stillness is actually an act of worship. So today you can hear from God. You really can. He's not hiding. He's not playing games. He loves to speak to his children. But his voice isn't found in the chaos. It's found in the quiet. And that quiet is something that you get to create. So this week, pick a time, pick a place, ask a question, and listen. Have a great day.
