How to Listen to God- part 2
3) Pay attention
I have distinct leanings towards ADHD- I go a zillion directions at once, while simultaneously thinking a gazillion different things.
In order to actually accomplish anything in life, I had to learn some attentiveness skills. Throughout the day, whenever I can, I follow these simple steps:
1) Take a deep breath.
2) Ask myself, “Self, what should I be doing now?”
It works (most of the time, anyway).
Listening to God works the same way for me. In order to listen (to pay attention) to what He is saying, throughout the day, whenever I can, I follow these simple steps:
1) Take a deep breath.
2) Ask myself, “What is God doing now?”
3) and “What is God saying now?”
When I first began practicing those attentiveness skills, I began to notice that God was at work around me all the time. Then I noticed that he was working on things inside me. I simply stopped and paid attention to those things he was doing- acknowledging them (even if I did not understand them).
Then, after I began to understand how he:
1) speaks in Scripture and
2) works in and around me,
I could begin to listen for what He was saying to me through those things. This step 3) “What is God saying now?”
He is always working and often speaking to us. We should pay attention.
More next time…
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