God Speaks

What is your situation saying?

That might be a strange question to ask, but I need you to really sit with it. What is your trial saying to you? What is the fire trying to teach you? What’s the lesson hidden in the pressure, the loss, the silence, the suffering? What are you gaining by this trial, this fire, this situation? Are you gaining faith, patience, love, trusting God? 

Because whether we realize it or not, God is speaking.

He speaks in the stillness. He speaks in the chaos. He speaks through His Word, through people, through circumstances, through suffering. But the real question is: Are we positioned to hear Him? Are we postured in such a way that His voice can rise above the noise of our flesh?

You see, our flesh has a voice too.

Our fallen human nature loves to speak first. It’s loud. It reacts. It panics. It tells us we’re abandoned, that we’re cursed, that nothing is working. The flesh says, “Complain.” The flesh says, “Worry.” The flesh says, “Figure it out on your own.”

But the Spirit says, “Be still and know.”

The Spirit says, “Trust.”

The Spirit says, “Worship while you wait.”

This is why Romans 12:2 is so necessary for our survival in this walk:

“Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.”

Because transformation begins in how you think.

When we feed our flesh more than our spirit, when we give more time to entertainment, fear, scrolling, or mindless distractions, we become carnally minded. And the Word tells us plainly:

“To be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.” (Romans 8:6-7) 

We can’t afford to live in the flesh and expect to hear the whisper of God in the whirlwind. We must be intentional. We must feed the Spirit. 

Because the Spirit doesn’t shout, He waits for silence. So yes, God is speaking, but the question remains… are you listening?

Sometimes we miss His voice because we expect thunder and lightning, and instead, He’s speaking through that closed door, that denied application, that lost relationship, that sleepless night. He’s speaking through the lack, the delay, the tension, the trial. And you’re not alone, I’ve been there too. I’ve lost almost everything in the natural, and while I didn’t always understand why, I know that understanding is not a prerequisite for obedience.

“My life is not my own.” (2 Corinthians 5:15)

That truth alone will shift your entire mindset. It will transform the way you see suffering. Because now, instead of seeing your hardship as punishment, you’ll begin to see it as divine preparation. As purification. As process. As purpose.

And yes, it hurts. Yes, it confuses the natural mind. But don’t forget:

Sometimes God humbles us because pride has quietly crept in. Sometimes He silences us because we’ve become too distracted. Sometimes we’re reaping what we’ve sown, and other times, it’s simply God saying to the enemy,

“Have you considered my servant?” Job 1:8

Either way, God is still speaking. So what’s your response? Are you reacting in the flesh? Or are you responding in the Spirit? Are you murmuring, or are you meditating? Are you complaining, or are you communing with the Father? Because truthfully… your response reveals what’s truly in your heart. 

Let me leave you with this reminder from 1 Peter 2:20: 

“For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.” 

Don’t waste the fire. Don’t waste the moment. Don’t let this trial pass without asking God, “What are You saying through this?” Because He is speaking. Always. But your posture, your surrender, your willingness to pause and press in, will determine what you hear. So yes, God speaks. The question is…Do you have ears to hear?