Partnering With the Holy Spirit to Receive Extraordinarily MoreSample

Uncommon Listening

Failure to take the time to listen not only brings a lack of results but also can end up in crisis. Marriages end every day in part due to a lack of listening. Major leadership failures occur due to partners not intently listening to one another. It is estimated that Fortune 500 companies waste approximately seventy-five million dollars a year in meetings due to ineffective listening. Airline tragedies have occurred when planes collided in the air due to a lack of keen listening to what an air traffic controller was saying.

It is no wonder that active listening is referred to as a superpower. If this is important in the natural realm, imagine how much more powerful it is in the spiritual realm. It is crucial to listen in marriage, in leadership meetings, or to avert a major public crisis—how much more important is it to listen carefully for God in our everyday lives, in matters big and small?

There are Christians who believe that God is saying nothing new today and has not spoken since the Canon (the Bible as we know it today) was closed. While the revelation of God’s plan of salvation, redemption, and all that He has revealed to us about Himself through Scripture is complete, nothing in Scripture says He does not speak to us personally—giving us guidance, direction, or answers.

Not only does God speak, but He desires to speak to anyone and everyone. There are many different prayer models and methods that believers are encouraged to use, and these can be helpful. Yet often the majority revolve around how we are going to address God, not how He wants to address us. He very much wants equal, if not more, time to speak to us.

What is God saying to you as you listen in faith, believing for your miracle? Is there something He is telling you to do to partner with Him for extraordinarily more?