Hearing From God

I was on one of the Christian discussion sites today where I daily post what the Lord is teaching me from my times spent in his word each day. And the Lord led me to read a post by another poster by the name of Dave M. And he was speaking on the subject of us hearing from God, not audibly, but in our spirits, in our minds, and in our hearts. And he spoke on the importance of what we are hearing, or think that we are hearing from God, that it must align with the Scriptures, and it must not be contrary to God's Word. And he asked to hear from others to tell him their stories of when they know they heard from God. And the Lord led me to respond to him with the following:

Dave, I am 76 years old, and I am certain I started hearing from God from at least age 7 on up. At age 7 I was at church camp in Beulah Beach, Ohio, sitting on a hard bench in what was called "the tabernacle," which was a covered outdoor building. And I was listening to the preacher preach and to give an invitation to repent of my sins and to believe in Jesus Christ, and to obey him. And I did cry out to God in repentance with a strong desire to obey him from that moment forward. But I had seen fake Christianity, and I wanted the real thing. 

And my next big moment was (in my 20's) when I switched from reading the KJV to reading the NASB, which had just come out. And all of a sudden God's word was so clear to me (I have a reading comprehension difficulty so KJV was hard for me to understand). And God really began speaking to me in my spirit and leading me in what to do and to say, and I obeyed him. 

And fast forward, back in 2004 I got possession of my grandmother's journals (she died when I was 2). And when I began reading her journals I wept. I was so much like her in so many ways. I was not like most people in my family, but she and I heard from the Lord in the same ways, and we even used the same phrases, and had the same favorite verses. But she kept quoting this one thing (no reference) over and over, so I finally looked it up. It was from Habakkuk 2:2-3 (NIV): 

"Then the Lord replied, 'Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.'"

This showed up several times from more than one source over a span of several weeks, I think. And then I was at a church workers conference, and the Lord was speaking to my heart through all the speakers, one by one. And one of them taught on Habakkuk 2:2-3. But the Lord was speaking directly to my heart through all that was being taught at this conference:

This is a summary of what I learned:

• Preach the Word of God, not the teachings of man

• Listen to God, hear what he is saying, and then obey him

• Tell the people what God tells you to tell them and leave the results in his hands

• What you are going to do, do it NOW

• You were appointed by God as a herald and a teacher of true faith

• God has given you a clear sense of his purpose for you and an urgency…

• Fan into flame the gift(s) of God within you

• Give your ministry over to God – it is not yours; it is his

• God may have something else for you to do that you have not even thought of

• Write down what God shows you and then wait on him to bring it about

• Don’t ask God “why,” just trust him – stand firm, press on

• What you are going through is much bigger than you can imagine

• NOW is your time! – For such a time as this I was placed upon the earth…

• Be a tree climber and get a closer look at the Supremacy of Jesus Christ

• The Church is in crisis – the crisis of Supremacy

• It is indistinguishable between the lives of evangelical Christians and the world

• We need to get back to the basics – we need to put our focus on Jesus and the cross of Christ instead of on the teachings of man

A few months later the Lord began opening my mind and heart to so many things I did not know before, and he definitely used the Habakkuk passage of Scripture to call me to this ministry of writing down what I learn from him each day, in my times with him in his word, and to then post these writings on the internet so that a herald (the internet) would "run with it" (the title of my blog). And so that is what I have been doing faithfully ever since then. 

For nearly 22 years, under the leading and guidance of the Holy Spirit, in the power of God, I have been writing what the Lord teaches me each day, as best as I understand it, and I have been posting these writings on the internet. And God is taking these writings to people all over the world, in many nations. And this is not anything that I would have ever imagined that the Lord would be having me do with my life. So I hear from him every day, some days more strongly (powerfully) than others. And I believe he led me to read this poster’s post and to respond to his inquiry today with my story.

Hearing From God

An Original Work / April 12, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love