"and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God."
-- Proverbs 2:3-5
I want to do God's will in all things at all times. Determining God's will when my mind is racing and everyone around me is offering their opinions, isn't so easy.
I keep praying for God to tell me what to do. Then I hear the Holy Spirit tell me to be quiet and listen. How can I hear God's voice amidst the endless chatter that is my life?
I wonder if I help create the chatter because I'm afraid to hear God's will. What if He calls me to do something I don't want to do? What if He tells me to go in a direction that scares me half to death?
I have to laugh even as I write that last paragraph. I know that whatever God calls me do to, He will help me. My greatest fear is that I will not do God's will, that I will somehow end up in a direction not of His choosing. I know I will be okay so long as I am doing what He wants. Which is why I so desperately want to hear His voice loud and clear, above the din of all the other voices that seek to crowd Him out.
I turn to the Bible and it tells me that He hears my cry amongst all the voices. I sink to my knees and ask for His will. Silence engulfs me. Finally, I hear His voice.
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