If You Want to Hear God, Start Walking With Him

"I will dwell in them. And walk among them." - God (2 Corinthians 6:16)

Planning on taking a walk with God soon? There is a whole world of close fellowship and friendship with God to discover when you start walking with God. Keep reading to check out how you can enrich that beautiful walk.

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But before you continue, this is actually the sequel to an earlier article, "The Man Who Walked With God and Disappeared" If you haven't read it, I recommend you do before moving on. It's a 2-minute read.

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Are you ready to walk with God? I think it's good to know two main things first, before you start.

• God really does want to walk with you. In fact, among all creation, it's only humans that God intends to have such close fellowship with. So if you're not human, I'm really sorry for you; you can stop reading now. If you, however, happen to be a human being, then you're in luck! It is for this reason that God made us one of a kind in all eternity - in His very own image and likeness (Genesis 1.26-27). And even after we sinned against him and fell, He sent His son to reconcile us back to Himself (Romans 5.10). In fact, let me let you in on a not-so-secret wish of God. He has said, "I will dwell in them. And walk among them" (2 Corinthians 6.16). Are you a human reconciled to God through Jesus - i.e Christian¹? God is interested in walking in close fellowship with you - yes YOU!
• The other thing to note is that there is no hard and fast rules to taking these walks with God. You and God decide how you're going to be carrying out this activity. When, where, how, for how long, what to talk about? You two can decide that. With that said, now let's talk the walk itself.

I'll make this as simple as I can make it.

Get up, out of your room and walk around from one point to another just talking with God. That's it! What do you talk about? Tell him about your day, about your friends or family, your aspirations, or your struggles. You can talk about whatever is happening around you even where you're walking. How 2 not limited at all as to what you talk about with God. One day, try to tell God what you thought about Him, the Church and Christianity before you became Christian yourself. Trust me, you both might have a good laugh about that. And of course, after that, you certainly should thank and praise Him for your salvation.

To get things started, I recommend preceding with—and intermittently during the walk—singing and praying in tongues² for a short while.

How will God speak back? Will you actually hear an audible voice?

Well, Jesus said, "God is spirit" (John 4.24) and we should "pray to your Father, who is unseen" (Matthew 6.6). So He's primarily not perceivable with our physical senses. So it's unlikely you'll hear that audible voice. He could though, but that may not be the norm. God will usually speak to your spirit with impressions. What are impressions? You see how you feel when you do something you know God doesn't like? Or how good you feel when you do something God likes? God is impressing on your spirit and conscience how He feels about what has happened. Same way God will give His responses by impressions to your spirit within. Sometimes He'll remind you of things in the Scriptures. In fact, talking these walks are a splendid way to grow your ability to hear and recognize the voice of God.

Like every relationship and new activity in this world, the more you take these walks, the more you'll become aware of God's presence and voice in your life. You'll grow more in hearing and understanding how He communicates with you.

“For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognize it.”  (Job 33:14, NLT)

“Come near to God and he will come near to you.” (James 4.8, NIV)

So, if you're ready, God is waiting.

Footnotes

• ¹ Who is a Christian? A person born anew in his/her spirit by God to become like Jesus. (John 1.11–13, John 3.1–8, 16–17). Watch this simple , and funny, illustration for more.
• ² Tongues is a God-given supernatural ability empowering the Christian to pray in a language unknown to the person praying. It strengthens one's prayer life, stirs up and edifies his/her spirit. (Although, this is prevalent in the New Testament of the Bible, not all Christians believe it's operational or relevant in our time. I spoke briefly about this in this blog)