What are some steps we can take to make sure we e hearing God?
1. Put your faith in the right thing. When I was first learning to hear God’s voice, I went overboard in my need to double-check my hearing. I was so afraid I might hear God wrong that I tended to check and recheck my hearing on just about everything. I became very sluggish in obeying God because I spent so much time verifying everything I heard. My problem was that I had placed my faith in the wrong thing. I was trusting in my ability to hear God—instead of in His ability and faithfulness to speak clearly and to correct and redirect me if I heard wrong. I used to think that “correction” was the same as “punishment.” But God revamped my thinking by reminding me of my old ice skating coach. I really liked him. He would watch me try to execute a move and then offer feedback, saying something such as: “Your weight is drifting to the left when you turn. You need to keep it balanced over your skating foot.” I knew I had just been corrected, but I wasn’t put down or made to feel small or pun
