If you quiet yourself in the turmoil of life, does an answer come to mind? Is it His Spirit, in your heart?

Question

If you stand very still, in the turmoil of life,
and quiet yourself, does an answer come out of nowhere?

Do you just wait for that still small voice, from within you, to be led down the quiet pathways of wisdom?

Is that your sub-conscious mind, or your conscience?!?

Could God speak to you that way, in a still, small voice; and bring you peace that surpasses understanding, and wise spiritual enlightenment???

Didn't God speak to a prophet in the bible that way?

The prophet coulded not find Him in the whirwind. But he found God's leading within the stillness! Right?

Does that ever happen to you???

Answer 1

Yes, absolutely. Finding God is getting your head to believe what you trust in your heart.

Getting your conscience right with your subconscious is attaining inner peace.

God is truth.

EDIT
Paster Guy,

You make an interesting point. I do not command His presence either, I have His presence. Now I trust it perfectly. It commands me! Revelation upon revelation all of my life.


For along time I was not at all as sure as I am now. I found that it was other people that had caused me that doubt. When I figured it out I found out that it was God all along that had let me doubt those people. I may have doubted Jesus, but I never doubted the Holy Spirit.

God was the One that had caused me to doubt the deceiver's of God's truth in the first place. It was always my choice to follow His guidance or suffer the guilt of the consequences. We need th knowledge of both good and evil to learn from our mistakes. It truth vs lies. The never ending light vs eternal darkness (never seeing the truth).

Answer 2

In order to quite my heart and mind in the midst of all the turmoil, I must connect to God in prayer. And yes, often the ideas come. Maybe not at the moment of prayer, maybe later when I'm doing something else, the answer will suddenly pop into my mind, or something will happen to change the course of events.

I also listen for that leading to do certain things, or not do them. For example one day I was walking in to work and I passed a florist's shop. Something made me buy a pot of azaleas for a workmate. I had no idea that it was her birthday that day and that no one had even remembered it. (I'd never known when it was.) She was thrilled by the gift of flowers, that would continue to grow and bloom.

I am quite sure that was the Spirit's leading, since I am a member of Christ's household.

Answer 3

I would say "yes" with this qualification. God is not on my chain. I can't command God's presence. I think of the Narnia books, where Aslan says he is not a tame lion. I don't take silence as an afront, even though I am often not a patient man.

Answer 4

Yes it does sometimes when I pray.

Sometime when I'm having trouble getting still, I meditate on the scripture: Be still and know that I am God.

I think that is from Psalm 45, but don't quote me.

Answer 5

All the time.

Answer 6

Or it could be a Nature God or Goddess, or a sprite, or a fairy, or the wind, or my cat.
No disrespect, but there ARE other possibilities.