Trouble Hearing God...

I wanted to do something a little different in this post than I've done in the past. Typically, I'll write about something I've struggled with or that I'm currently going though and then provide advice on how I've gotten through it. Tonight, I'm just going to be transparent about something I've struggled with for quite some time: Hearing from God.

I oftentimes struggle with whether I'm hearing from God in a particular season. See, I have this habit of going to friends and family about my issues that I don't even give God a chance to speak to me about it before I'm influenced by another being. It's called, the need for immediate satisfaction. I need an answer now. I need to know how to handle it and I know if I share my issues with another person, I'll get "an answer". I take that answer and run with it without even asking God if it's the proper way to go.

I've learned that when I rush to friends and family for guidance and advice, I find myself in a much more anxious and confused state than when I started out. Then, I can't hear God at all because it's drowned out by other people's personal opinions. It's hard to seek wisdom when you're not seeking it from the one full of wisdom. The very creator of wisdom. The one that knows you the best because He created you. When I've spoken to God about a situation and then waited for Him to respond there is always peace that follows. I'm praying for patience, more patience for God's timing and not mine. I'm praying for more faith in God's timing that these situations will work out just in time. His timing is so perfect, and I want to trust that every single time.

I know this isn't my typical post, but I wanted to share that with you all in hopes that you will pray for me as I will for you. That God will make us patient and His voice will become louder and louder as He helps us to drown out the opinions of this world. I also pray that if God does speak to you through another person that you will know, without a doubt, that word is for you. That He will, not only, continue to confirm it for you but surround you with His overwhelming peace.