Today I want to share a very valuable lesson the Lord taught me a few months back while going through a dramatic change in my understanding and walk with God.  My understanding of being a son of God was transformed from head knowledge and brought to life by revelation (this is a completely different subject).  During this time I was meditating and talking with God about hearing His voice.  This was one of those awesome times when you get an immediate answer and understanding, I love it when that happens in contrast to waiting and waiting and waiting.

    I believe it’s God’s will for us to receive specific information and instructions when we ask Him questions.  Reading the gospels we see that Jesus always had an answer for His disciple’s questions, even when they didn’t ask them out loud.  Jesus also said it was better for Him to leave physically so that the Holy Spirit could come.  So having the Holy Spirit within us should be a better thing than having Jesus in the flesh.  This means we should have the ability to ask specific questions and receive specific answers, even on a greater level than the disciples when they walked with Jesus.  It’s difficult enough to obey Jesus’ commands, how much more difficult is it if we’re unsure of what He’s trying to tell us to do!?

    When I brought this to the Lord, this is what He taught me: When Little Paul (who is now 3) was born he had no idea who I was.  He couldn’t distinguish me from anybody else he was around.  After about a month he could distinguish my voice and knew when I was in the room but he didn’t understand a word I was saying.  He didn’t even know I was talking let along what words were, he was just comforted when he heard my voice.  After about 6 months he could distinguish my voice much better and could recognize a couple of words (mainly Yes and No! ).  As the months past he began to distinguish more words and began to interact and obey the words I gave him.  Now he’s 3 and our relationship is much better than it has ever been.  He’s talking to me and I’m talking to him and I can communicate with him, but it’s limited to his understanding.  Even though he can understand a lot of the words I say, he doesn’t have the capacity to really have a true, intimate relationship with me, not until we can fully communicate the expressions of our hearts.  That will take years and a lot of time with each other.

    So how do we grow in our relationship with God so we can learn His voice?  The same way little Paul will grow in relationship with me…by spending time the Father.  We can’t grow frustrated because we don’t receive specific answers for our problems, especially if we haven’t spent the time to grow in Him.  Sometimes when we don’t receive specific instructions, all we can do is sit with our Father and rest in His love for us.  But while we’re doing that we’re paying attention to what He does so we can learn and grow in Him.