Are you hearing God speak?

 Read Job 33. 

God was speaking but sometimes people do not hear Him. 

The young man, Elihu, took a chapter and a half giving an introduction to what he wanted to say.  Keep in mind that this took place around the time of Abraham.  Of course, they did not have a Bible.  It was centuries before the Law of Moses.  Yet, there is insightful clarity regarding God's desire to communicate. 

1. Elihu provided a perspective on how God speaks.

Through a dream. v.15

Through pain. v.19

Through a messenger. v.23

 

2. Elihu added a perspective on why God speaks.

To warn and purge pride. v.17

To declare what is right. v.23

To move us to pray to Him. v.26a

To restore us with joy. v.26b,

To share what God has done for us. v.27-28

 

3. In addition to Elihu's list, God continues to speak to us today.

Through His creation.  Psalm 19:1-2

Through His written Word. 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Through listening to His messages.  Romans 10:14-17

Through a personal relationship with His Son.

Hebrews 1:1-2 "Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, who he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world."