They will only ask you to achieve theirs. No one will ever ask you to complete your top priorities. If you don’t have clarity on what it is you need to do, someone else’s priorities will quickly become yours. And here’s a really practical thing that I’ve implemented in my life that I learned from Carey Nieuwhof’s High Impact Leader Course. Until we figure out what life is really about and spend our time, energy, and priorities on those things, and stop trying to do everything that everybody asks me all the time, we will burn out and be too busy. We are more and more stressed today than we were a year ago, and the statistics are only getting more discouraging.

Let me bold in saying this: You can’t do everything you are currently doing. Here are 3 reasons why we struggle to hear God’s voice today: If we are struggling to hear the voice of God in our life, the problem is not that God isn’t speaking it’s that we aren’t listening. I believe we have a God who loves to relate to His children.ĭallas Willard says this, “If God doesn’t speak today, then the greatest disservice we could ever do to people is to tell them that they could have a personal relationship with God.” For example, one year, I polled my church on any questions they had regarding faith and regarding God, and the number one question they were seeking an answer to was, “How do I hear God’s voice?” Many people struggle to hear from God but really want to hear from God. Instead, His voice came to Elijah through a gentle whisper, and the whisper said to Elijah, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” So after some back and forth, God sends Elijah out again by encouraging him, and then this faith-filled prophet is back on his way.

But God didn’t speak to Elijah in the earth, wind, and fire. Eventually, he ran to a cave where amazingly, God visited him.Īs he was in the cave, there was an earthquake, a giant wind, and then a fire. In fact, he went on the run and contemplated suicide. After his success, the wicked queen Jezebel wanted to kill Elijah and became so scared. It’s a fantastic story of a faith-filled prophet who wouldn’t take anything from anybody.īut amazingly, after this incredible victory, this faith-filled prophet, all of a sudden, became a fear-filled prophet. The other day I was reading a devotion for my children at the breakfast table, and apparently, everyone in my family thinks I read and talk way too loud! I think I read loud because I see my kids’ attention so quickly going away from what I’m saying! We were reading about the story of Elijah and what happened after he had single-handedly defeated hundreds of false prophets in a duel to prove who the real God was (found in 1 Kings 18-19). Matthew 10:27: What is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. When Jesus sent out His 12 disciples, He said this to them:

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