Dec13— Week Five: Hearing God Again

Learning to recognize God’s voice after seasons of silence, doubt, and spiritual exhaustion.

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Introduction

Healing is often talked about in terms of food, supplements, routines, and protocols. Those things matter. But they are not the whole story.

Chronic illness affects more than the body. It affects confidence, identity, hope, and faith. It changes how we see ourselves and how we relate to God.

For many of us, the hardest part of healing isn’t what we eat, it’s learning how to keep trusting when our bodies don’t cooperate. It’s learning how to stay hopeful when progress feels slow. It’s learning how to feel safe in a body that has scared us.

That is why these devotionals exist.

Daily Bread is a space to check in with your spirit — not just your symptoms. It is a place to remind yourself that God is near, that you are not alone in what you’re walking through, and that healing is not something you have to force.

This Week’s Focus: Hearing God Again

There are seasons where God feels silent, not absent, but quiet in a way that leaves you unsure if you’re being guided at all. But eventually, something shifts. Not loudly. Not dramatically. It begins with a nudge, a reminder, a moment of clarity, a verse that hits differently, a peace that wasn’t there before.

This week is about those moments. The ones where you begin to sense God’s voice again after a season of uncertainty. Hearing God again isn’t always about receiving instructions or dramatic revelation. Often, it’s about becoming sensitive to His presence in the middle of ordinary life, in Scripture, in conviction, in peace, in doors closing, in doors opening, in the quiet assurance that you are being led even if the path still feels unfamiliar.

Hearing God again is not about perfection. It’s about awareness. Softening. Turning your ear toward Him with expectancy rather than fear, because even when His voice feels faint, He is still speaking, and you are still His.

Today's Scripture

Proverbs 3:6

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

James 1:5

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

Reflection

Proverbs 3:6 tells us that if we acknowledge God, He will direct our paths. Not “He might,” not “He’ll consider it,” not “He’ll direct the paths of people who have it all together.” He will direct the path of anyone who is willing to pause and invite Him into the decision.

That means clarity is not a reward for spiritual perfection. It’s a byproduct of asking God to be part of the process.

James 1:5 reinforces this. If you lack wisdom, not if you’re strong, confident, or spiritually sharp, but if you're lacking, God gives wisdom generously. Not reluctantly. Not sparingly. Not to certain people only.

Generously. Without shaming you .Without making you earn it.

But here’s where most people get stuck: They expect clarity to mean complete understanding. Biblically, clarity rarely works that way.

Clarity might look like:

• knowing which direction feels right even if you don’t know the destination

• recognizing what you don’t want anymore

• feeling peace about one choice and heaviness about another

• losing interest in something God is removing

• a sudden internal “no” you can’t explain

• or a persistent “yes” you can’t ignore

Clarity is not about having the full picture, it’s about recognizing the next right step.

Most spiritual frustration happens when people demand the whole blueprint instead of trusting the next instruction. God rarely shows the entire staircase. He shows the next step, then the next one, then the next.

If you feel hesitant, confused, or unsure, you are not spiritually broken. You are in the place where Scripture says wisdom is given, not earned.

So instead of asking, “Why don’t I know what to do? ”, ask: “Lord, what is the next right step You’re directing me toward?”

You don’t need clarity for ten years from now. You need clarity for today. And God is faithful to give it.

If This Spoke to You

Reply/comment below and tell me which part you’re waiting on right now. I’d love to pray specifically over you this week.

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Wishing you a Great Day Ahead,

Mandi 🤍