Hearing God

Much of my inspiration comes at random moments. Driving to one of my
churches this morning I was thinking about a phone conversation last
night, in which a friend was saying how important it was for Christians
to hear God speaking to them. Feeling sorry for myself, because I wasn't
aware of hearing God speaking to me except on rare occasions, I was
surprised by sensing a rebuke, and the realisation that God speaks to me
very often in exactly that kind of way - through my sensing or realising
something. With my scientific background I have always looked for
alternative explanations - it's just an intuition or a random thought,
everyone gets them. But one explanation does not necessarily rule out
another; I could explain what I'm doing now in physical terms, or
psychological, or whatever, and all could be true. So I don't have to
feel sorry for myself (!), I can appreciate and enjoy those senses and
intuitions and thoughts, and accept them as from God - providing of
course they are in line with Scripture and reality.