A Prayer for Hearing God's Voice

Lord, you spoke worlds into being with a word (Genesis 1:3),
and I cannot hear you over my own phone.
Forgive me.
Elijah stood in a cave through earthquake, wind, and fire —
and you were not in any of them.
You were in the still, small voice (1 Kings 19:11–12).
Give me ears for that voice tonight.
Samuel heard you in the dark and did not recognize you three times
until Eli taught him to answer:
*Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening* (1 Samuel 3:10).
Teach me that sentence.
Your sheep know your voice,
and a stranger they will not follow (John 10:4–5, 27) —
make me a sheep that cannot be fooled.
Mary chose the one needful thing
and sat at your feet (Luke 10:42).
Pull me down to the floor of my own life
until I can hear you again.
*Be still, and know that I am God* (Psalm 46:10).
I am being still.
Speak.
Amen.

Wear the prayer
Be Still — worn for the quiet it takes to hear him.