The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.” (1 Samuel 3:10)
Ever notice how sometimes we can't hear what someone says standing in front of us, but CAN hear the whispers in a conversation across the room? (I can hear the TV 10 feet away but can't hear my wife sitting next to me...) It goes to show us that hearing is not just an auditory function, that our heads and hearts affect our ears.
The same principle applies when trying to hear God. Often hearing God is not an issue with Him trying to talk with us ... it's an issue of us wanting to listen. Our hearts and heads get in the way of our ears.
Sometimes the biggest detriment for hearing God is our hearts...we don't want to humble ourselves as servants to God's will, and don't want to listen to what He is saying.
Sometimes the problem is with our minds... We think we know better or doubt the possibility and excuse ourselves from believing what He says.
The boy Samuel had not yet heard the voice of God, yet he was more willing to listen and act on whatever the voice told him than Eli (the one who knew the voice well). Samuel was as humble as a child and had no inhibitions to doing whatever the voice said.
God is speaking to us all the time - and has much to say. In fact, He wanted to share with us His thoughts, so he used the authors of Scripture to make it very accessible. And God didn't want distance or poor hearing to be a problem, so He gave us a conscience to speak through. But if we are going to hear from God it starts with the heart and mind. Our heart must be humbled as a servant and our mind must be ready to accept whatever He says to do.
You can hear a conversation across the room because you want to. Have the same desire to tune into Gods whispers and listen to His Word as a willing servant. "Speak Lord..."
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