Discernment is essential to our life with Christ. It is the ability to separate the noise and voices that drown out God’s voice, including our own. It is a discipline that takes time and effort but results in unmatched peace and assurance. Below is a poem by an unknown author that so beautifully expresses the desire to discern God’s voice.
Deep Listening
God of silence and God of all sound, help me to listen.
Help me to do the deep listening to the sounds of my soul, waiting to hear your soft voice calling me deeper into you.
Give me attentive ears that begin to separate the noise from the sounds that are you;
You who have been speaking to me and through me my whole life, for so long that you can seem like background noise.
Today help me hear you anew.
Discipleship Cohorts were designed to do just that–to tune our ears to listen to God through scripture, prayer and mission. Learn more HERE