Hearing God’s Voice – Tuning Into Heaven's Frequencies

It was early morning—quiet, still, just before sunrise. I sat in my favorite chair with a Bible in one hand and coffee in the other, but my mind was anything but still. I had questions. Decisions to make. Fear lingering beneath the surface. I needed direction. I needed to hear God. But all I could hear was the buzzing of my thoughts and the steady tick of the clock.

That morning three year ago, in the middle of my internal noise, I whispered, “God, I need You to speak to me?” And it was in the silence that followed that I began to realize something profound: God is always speaking. The real question is, am I tuned in to hear His voice?

God Still Speaks. Are We Listening?

From Genesis to Revelation, we see a God who speaks. He spoke the universe into existence, called Moses from a burning bush, whispered to Elijah on a mountain, and thundered through prophets. He spoke in dreams to Joseph, in visions to Peter, and in the person of Jesus to all humanity. Hebrews reminds us: "In the past, God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets... but in these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son." (Hebrews 1:1–2). In fact, before Jesus left this earth, He promised us He would send His Spirit to disclose (speak) to us what is to come and guide us into all truth (John 16:13-15).

God hasn’t gone quiet. But we’ve gotten noisy and distracted.

In a world of constant notifications and endless distractions, tuning into God’s voice is less about whether He’s speaking and more about whether we’re positioned to listen. It’s like a radio station always broadcasting, however; our ability to hear depends on how well we’ve tuned the dial.

The Frequencies of Faith

Here’s something science and Scripture both affirm: the way we think, feel, and focus affects how we receive. Neuroscience tells us our brain operates on frequencies. When we’re anxious, our brains enter high-frequency beta waves—useful for low-brain survival but terrible for spiritual sensitivity. In contrast, prayer, worship, and meditation bring us into high-brain slower alpha and theta waves—the brain’s frequency sweet spot for creativity, reflection, and spiritual awareness.

So when we slow down, still our thoughts, and set our attention on God, something shifts. We move from chaos to clarity. From mental clutter to spiritual connection. This connection is spiritual resonance. It’s not that God’s voice gets louder—it’s that our inner world gets quieter. This is a powerful spiritual resonance resulting in bio-synchrony that takes place between our spirit and the Holy Spirit.

Don't let me lose you here! THIS IS NOT NEW AGE VOODOO! (insert crazy face emoji). This is evidence-based science studying the impacts of attachment. More on that later in another blog.

Recognizing the Whisper

One of my favorite stories is when Elijah is running for his life, hiding in a cave, desperate to hear from God. There’s wind. An earthquake. Fire. But God’s voice isn’t in any of them. Then—a gentle whisper (1 Kings 19:12). That’s where God is.

So often, we’re looking for God in the dramatic. But He often speaks in stillness. The more we learn to recognize His resonance within the fruit of the Spirit —peaceful, loving, truthful—the easier it becomes to discern His voice from all the rest.

The Things That Get in the Way

There have been seasons in my life where I couldn’t hear God clearly. My mental state looked more like a distorted hot mess of herding feral cats. Not because He wasn’t speaking, but because I was drowning in fear, distractions, and doubt.

Fear keeps us in that low-brain survival mode. Distraction numbs our awareness. Unbelief whispers, “God wouldn’t talk to someone like you.”

But God’s voice doesn’t compete for attention—it waits to be prioritized. Sometimes it means stepping away from the noise, shutting the laptop, silencing the phone, and sitting with Him long enough to let the static fade.

Learning to Tune In

So, how do we actually start hearing Him more clearly? Here’s what’s been helpful for me: