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Hearing God's voice when stressed and oppressed

Hello,

I just wanted to know if people have tips for breaking through the quietness I get when I am stressed and going through heavy stuff like being sick. I try to use the things I learned but they seem to fall to the floor flat. I trust God and tell Him I am sorry for being so distant, and ask Him to come near, but then when I don't feel or sense Him I fall to pieces worse than I was before so many times I put off trying to hear Him because I can't handle the heartbreak. I know it's not Him, but I don't know what to do.

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Permalink Reply by Ruth Shelley on February 25, 2012 at 2:40pm

yes, it seems the only one who really "got it" was the one who poured the oil over Jesus and not sure if same woman but a woman wiped His feet with her tears and her hair. They "got it" on some level. Had the disciples been more open to Jesus' Heavenly purposes, they would have rejoiced and gave thanks ahead of time!! May we all have the ability to be open to Jesus' plans that are not readily seen with our eyes. Just 10 minutes ago Lord reminded me to keep things in perspective~being with Him forever in such Glory makes these trials on earth seem much more trivial and makes me want to pursue His will, laying down my need for instant deliverance. Because He has not granted instant deliverance tells me He is working on a purpose (or many...in a process)

Permalink Reply by Ruth Shelley on February 25, 2012 at 2:37pm

Permalink Reply by Pie on May 14, 2012 at 6:58pm

Hi. I don't know if this will help anyone but it's a related topic. I have been very, very, very ill. I still am. I am severely handicapped. And there have been times I didn't hear His voice as well as others.

I will share what happened once, a few months after I became handicapped.

I was terribly upset, because I love God very much, but I was very upset at how ill I am. I was trying very hard not to be angry with God, and was attempting to be polite.

One day, as I was reading through a story about being angry with God, I thought to myself, that if you are angry with God you should talk with Him about it, because he is our friend and He loves us (or something like that)

And the thought crossed my mind "YOU are His friend..." And I knew it was the Lord trying to get my attention.

That day I talked things through with Him, for real. And yes, I was angry. I told Him all the things that I was upset about. And we made up - at the time in a sort of agree-to-disagree sort of a way, but we did make up, and I started hearing Him more again.

He also told me something really cool. He said that I get angry with my husband, but that does not mean that I don't love him.

In the same way, sometimes we don't get on with everything that God does; but even if we are upset, that does not mean we don't love Him.

I have found that any-time I am not really open with God, I don't hear from Him nearly so much. To the degree that I am deceiving myself, or trying to hide from Him, I hear less from Him. In Hebrews in many translations it says that we are to come boldly before the throne of grace - but an alternate translation of the Greek is we should come openly, or freely (carrying the connotation of not hiding) before the throne of grace.