Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.
- 1 Samuel 3:9

"Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening."

One of my favorite stories is the calling of Samuel. I think what I most enjoy about it is the simplicity of young Samuel's answer. It is without limits and without guile. He honestly wants to hear what God has to say. I wonder whether we're as open to simply listening as Samuel was.

We are so busy.
We are so overwhelmed by input: 24 hour media, computer and phone accessibility. There is an incessant barrage of information being leveled at us; and yet, Elijah described God as having a "still, small voice." How do we hear it? And how do we listen for God's voice or discern God's call to us in the midst of the complexities of our lives?

How? This week, just sit with that question.
How do you hear God's voice?