Kris Vallotton

One of the most common reasons we don’t hear God on any kind of regular basis is because we don’t “turn aside” from our daily activities to hear Him. Jeremiah prophesied it like this: “You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13). The heart of the matter is really the matter of the heart. God wants us to value our relationship with Him, not treat Him like a cosmic bellhop or a casual friend. If my friend calls me, I may see his name come up on my caller ID and think, I’m not in the mood to talk to him today. I’ll call him back later. But if the president of the United States calls me, I will likely have quite a different response to him or her. I like the way Bobby Connor… explains the situation: “We are too familiar with the God we hardly know.”