Does God Still Speak Today?

“Our God comes; he does not keep silence;
before him is a devouring fire, 
around him a mighty tempest.”
Psalm 50:3

Does God still speak today? Or is this some sort of New Age idea that has infiltrated the church? Many bible teachers in the west teach that God does not speak directly to people any longer, but only speaks to us now through the written word of God. 

God most certainly speaks to us through his written word, the Bible, but he also speaks to us personally. This shouldn’t be a surprise, but here in the US, we have allowed a very naturalistic worldview to infiltrate the church and our thinking. A lot of bible teachers have allowed this to infiltrate what they believe and teach. 

The Bible on the whole is a book about God speaking to his people. That is His primary mode of communication. He speaks. This is in contrast to the wooden idols that were worshipped throughout the land during that time. Those idols couldn’t speak, but our God can. That was one of the big differences between the God we worship and the gods they worshipped. 

Their idols are silver and gold,
the work of human hands. 
They have mouths, but do not speak; 
eyes, but do not see. 
They have ears, but do not hear; 
noses, but do not smell. 
They have hands, but do not feel; 
feet, but do not walk; 
and they do not make a sound in their throat. 
Those who make them become like them; 
so do all who trust in them.
Psalm 115:4–8

The Psalmist here compares our God who hears us, speaks to us and walks with us to the idols made of silver or gold. Our God is different because He still speaks. We don’t worship a God who is powerless and aloof. We worship a God who is actively involved in the world today. He is alive and moving in our midst. God most certainly is speaking today.

The next logical question may be, if He is speaking, why have I not heard Him? That’s a great question. There could be a number of reasons why. Here are a few:

1. Sin - If you are in sin, that could be keeping you from hearing God speak. Sometimes He chooses to speak to those who are practicing sin, but many times our sins block us from hearing Him clearly. 
2. Busyness - Many of us are too busy to hear from God. We refuse to take time to listen. We are busy from the time we wake until we go back to sleep. If we don’t make time for Him, it’s possible we may not hear from Him. 
3. Noise - We live in a world of distractions and noise. The Bible describes the voice of the Lord as a voice of “thin silence” (1 Kings 19). That means you have to be quiet in order to hear his voice. 
4. Pride - God most certainly opposes the proud and give grace to the humble. If we are prideful, we will likely not hear his voice. He speaks to the humble because they are in a posture to receive from Him.