Many people ask, how do I grow in hearing the voice of God?

You listen and wait for Him to act upon His Word.

On this trip to Africa in 1999 (pictured below with some of the beautiful local girls in a church in Ghana), the Lord told me months prior that everyone on our team would be baptized with the Holy Spirit before the trip was over. I said, “oh, I didn’t know everyone wasn’t”. As time went on in the weeks leading up to the trip, team members were filled, and during the trip the word of the Lord completely came about just as He said.

Years later circa 2008 I was vacuuming my apartment in Colorado when I heard the Lord speak to me who the next President was going to be. I had little interest, but the lesson was the Lord was teaching me how to govern. I wrote it down, watched and waited. I barely knew the name of this person, and many months later Obama became our 44th President just as the Lord had spoken to me.

You hear better by listening, watching and waiting. This is how your confidence grows – not by looking at yourself, but by listening to Him.

From small matters to larger and even on global scales, this is how you grow. You steward, and just as Jesus, you only do (or say) what the Father is doing AND you must be willing to wait.

Eventually, prophecy flows like a river that can even be hard to keep up with. You will see and immediately have understanding. Words of knowledge are sharper, the pauses in visions may be less frequent, and you may have so much revelation it could seem intimidating to steward. In times of overflow, or in times of waiting – whether it’s immediate understanding, a dream that is fulfilled that same week, or years of watching – it all comes back to listening. Listen, watch, wait. In the Kingdom we listen before we watch (see).

“Listen and hear my voice; Listen carefully and hear my words.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭28‬:‭23‬ ‭AMP‬‬

“The sheep that are My own hear My voice and listen to Me; I know them, and they follow Me.” ‭‭John‬ ‭10‬:‭27‬ ‭AMP‬‬

Children call upon their parents often, “Mom! Mom! .. Dad! Dad!” – I love what Jeremiah 33:3 writes “‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’” Three is the number of the Spirit and as we know the Trinity is (3) persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Rest assured He’s listening, and therefore we respond like Him. May we all be like eager little children who are always growing and learning, ready to hear what our Father is saying! Fill our eyes with wonder that we may see You rightly Lord.
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