21 Days of Deep LivingSample

Two-Way Street

Prayer is simply conversation with God - it’s us speaking all the contents of our thoughts and our hearts, and (what we usually forget) it’s also about us listening to what God has to say to us.

In fact, the depth of prayer can be determined by the ability to hear God back. We can often get carried away with verbal diarrhea in prayer, but actually the deeper in prayer you go the more you can hear God. Many people ask, how do you know God said so, or told you to go or stay? This should not be a supernatural event that is reserved for the select few. God speaks to us all, and the deeper you are in your prayer life the more you will hear and know His Voice.

There are many voices in the world that compete for our attention and audience. The key to amplifying the Voice of God is done through mediation on the Word of God. When we are hearing from God, we can validate the message because it is in line with His Will. It is not possible to go deeper in prayer without being able to continually meditate on God’s Word. This allows His Word to dwell richly in your heart so that when He speaks, it resonates with your spirit and settles in your soul. Prayer lets you speak to God, meditation lets God speak to you.

Going deeper in prayer is about knowing when to listen more than when to speak. It’s understanding that God has more to say to you than you have to Him and the way He says it is the same as the way He has always said it, through His Word.

Meditation is not complicated. It is simply ‘focussed thinking’ which is a skill a lot of us use on a daily basis, but we are just not aware of it. We are VERY GOOD at focusing and thinking (maybe even sometimes obsessing) on our problems. In fact, you could say we meditate on our problems on a daily basis and this becomes a worry. So, if we know how to worry, then we already know how to meditate, because thinking about a problem over and over again is called worry, but thinking about God’s Word over and over again is called meditation. The secret is based on the question, “What are you focussing on?”

So, I challenge you, in this season of prayer and fasting desire to hear the voice of God when you pray. Develop your ability to meditate on Scripture concerning your everyday conversation with God, whether it is prayer of thanksgiving or prayer for help. Clarity on the understanding of God’s Will will give you clarity of God’s Voice.