God is not quiet. He wants to speak to you and direct your steps today. "He awakens me morning by morning, He awakens my ear to hear as the learned, the Lord has opened my ear..." according to Isaiah 50:4. While this is obviously describing the Father speaking to Jesus and giving Him the fortitude to go through the torture of paying for sin, it is also very directly addressed to you and me. God hasn't changed and is no respecter of persons.
Jesus, in His overcoming temptation in the wilderness, also spoke this truth in a different way. Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word (rhema - the spoken word for the exact situation and time) that proceeds (verb tense - constantly proceeding) from the mouth of God. Just as bread sustains the physical man, the spoken word from the Father gives life to the spiritual man. This ever-flowing voice is what makes us live, or if you will, enables us to overcome with the abundant life.
Often when we wake up, our thinking and feelings are very fleshy, so taking time to read the Word and letting the giving-life rhema transform our thoughts and feelings to His thoughts and ways is essential. Psalm 23 would confirm this: He leads me beside the still waters, He restores my soul (my thoughts, emotions, and will). We let the Spirit renew our mind and re-fill our faith as faith comes by hearing, and hearing, the Word of God. We live by faith, which is the assurance of things hoped for and the conviction of things not seen.
Many Christians deny or confuse whether they hear God. Hebrews 5:14 would suggest that we grow or become mature by practice, having our faculties trained to discern good and evil. Therefore, the more we consistently take time to wait on God and receive a word from Him, the more our ability to hear grows and the clearer His voice becomes. It is good to force ourselves to decide what God is saying by writing it down in a journal. God is the One who "opens our ear to hear" so He is also the One who will confirm His word to help us know His voice.
We grow from being children born of the Spirit (John 1:12) to becoming mature sons of God (Romans 8:14) when we are led by the Spirit. Therefore, take time today to read and hear the Word, waiting upon Him to discern His spoken word to you, and write down what, to the best of your knowledge, is from Him. Review it later and begin the simple practice of hearing His voice each morning to let Him give you His life. God is faithful and He who opens your ear will help you learn to hear.
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