Jesus sent the Holy Spirit into our hearts to be our counsellor. He teaches us and guides us from within. We must therefore learn to listen to the promptings of the Spirit. The more you respond to his inner promptings the clearer they will become. Listening to God is largely a matter of the will. As you respond to him you attune your will to him, which allows you to be ever more sensitive to him as he expresses his will directly to your own heart. However, if you resist hearing him, you ‘harden your heart’ and thereby progressively deafen yourself to his inner promptings. God does not just communicate facts and ideas. He wants to download his will directly into your heart so that your will and his are aligned and in harmony. As you allow your will to submit to his you can then know him as he is, as your God. You cannot know God as God while resisting his will for you. Receiving God means submitting to him as God. God wants to guide you and teach you. He has something even now that he wants to teach you, something that needs to be highlighted in you, some truth that he wants you to know. Spend time being still before God. Put away every other thought and desire and let your desire for God and his will reign in your heart. Learn to attune your heart to God in this way and you will know God.
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Read John 14:22-31
