From The Deep Work Series: Learning the Language of Your Spirit
Why Hearing Jesus Feels Hard for So Many Believers
So many Christians love Jesus deeply yet feel unsure about hearing Him clearly. They pray, worship, journal, and serve— yet somewhere inside, there’s that quiet question: Why does everyone else seem to hear God but me? Did Jesus skip over me somehow? But Scripture is steady and clear. Jesus Himself tells us in John 10:27 (NLT), “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” If you belong to Him, His voice is already present. The issue has never been Jesus’ willingness to speak—it’s our understanding of where He speaks and how He designed us to receive Him.
Jesus Awakens the Part of You That Can Recognize His Voice
When you gave your life to Christ, your human spirit wasn’t restored or improved—it was recreated. Jesus tells us in John 3:6 (NLT), “Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.” That rebirth didn’t come in stages. In one divine moment, your spirit came alive, awakened, and began to carry the life of Christ within it. From that moment forward, Heaven speaks directly to your spirit because the Holy Spirit, who now dwells there, reveals Jesus, echoes Jesus, and glorifies Jesus inside of you. You are not spiritually deaf. You are spiritually reborn.
Where the Conflict Happens: The Soul and Its Memory
Your human spirit—not the Holy Spirit, but the spirit that is part of your being—hears Jesus clearly. But your soul is where life has been lived. It carries stories, survival patterns, disappointments, fears, and unhealed places. When Jesus speaks peace, your spirit recognizes it instantly because it shares His life, His nature, and His clarity. But your soul responds differently. It remembers what hurt you, what collapsed on you, and who walked away. So even though your spirit receives truth without struggle, the soul often reacts from old wounds and old narratives.
The human spirit remembers who healed you. This is why Proverbs 20:27 (NLT) says, “The Lord’s light penetrates the human spirit.” Jesus shines His light into your spirit first. And then, with patience and kindness, the soul learns—slowly, gently, over time—to trust the truth He placed there.
How Jesus’ Voice Interacts With Your Inner Life
When Jesus says, “I am with you,” your spirit receives it as the truth that it is. But your soul wonders, Then why do I feel alone?
When Jesus says, “Peace I give you,” your spirit rests, but your soul replays old chaos and confusion.
When Jesus says, “You are mine,” your spirit settles, but your soul remembers rejection.
Your soul isn’t rebellious—it’s wounded. But Jesus is rewriting the wound with His truth. Ephesians 4:23 (NLT) tells us, “Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.” This renewal is the Holy Spirit shaping your soul to reflect Jesus, using what He has already spoken into your spirit.
Learning the Language of Your Spirit
The more you walk with Jesus, the more you begin to notice the difference between soul-noise and spirit-knowing. Soul-noise reacts, stresses, panics, and reasons from fear. Spirit-knowing feels like clarity without force. It feels like the Shepherd’s voice—steady, kind, familiar. It feels like peace that walks in the room before the situation changes—like peace that sits on your chest even when chaos knocks on the door. It feels like truth that doesn’t need convincing. It settles in you the way only Jesus’ voice can. The Holy Spirit continually brings the fullness of what belongs to Jesus into clearer understanding in your spirit, helping your soul catch up and trust what is already yours in Him. So when that quiet knowing rises in you, you’re not hearing “intuition”—you’re hearing Jesus.
What Happens When Your Soul Learns to Trust His Voice
As the soul becomes quieter, your whole life begins to respond differently. Emotions settle. Thoughts clear. Decisions take shape with less effort. The body follows peace instead of pressure. This is alignment: Jesus at the center, your spirit in communion with Him, your soul learning to trust Him, and your body reflecting the peace He gives. You can hear Him. You already do. You are His sheep, and He speaks to you through your spirit. And as you learn the language of your spirit, the voice of Jesus will become the clearest, most steady sound in your entire life. ■
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“How Heaven Speaks: Learning the Language of Your Spirit”, written for Springfield Fellowship © 2025. All rights reserved. All praise and honor to God through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.