To what part of us does God actually talk? Every part is His creation and so it must be that all of who we are is available to Him to communicate with us. St. Paul, though, separates the parts, and claims that each part is distinct: “Just as the body, though one, has many parts, but all its any parts form one body, so it is with Christ. . . God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as He wanted them to be.” (1 Corinthians 12:12&18)

In giving us bodies, each part with a purpose, God also gives us spirits with each part having a purpose. In our conscience we receive the truth of our own relationship with God: “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ ‘I tell you that this man. . . went home justified before God.’” (Luke 18:13,14) There are other examples in both the old and New Testaments that of the power of a God-given conscience.

In the intuition that God has given us we discern truth from falsehood, and which to believe. Moses knew intuitively that the voice from the burning bush, strange as it may seem, was in truth the voice of the God of his ancestors.

Intuition tipped me off when my three year old grandson told me that “Grandpa needed” me, and that I should leave the room where he was jumping on the bed, and find Grandpa. God given intuition enables us to discern God’s voice from the other voices around us.

Our wills are gifts from God that He finds as a means of uniting with Him: This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses. . . Now choose life, so that you may love the Lord your God, listen to His voice, and hold fast to Him.” (Deuteronomy 30:19)

Our conscience, our intuition, and our will make up our human spirit that engages with God in talk. It’s these three working together that receive God’s word and His Spirit. It is well to note that, while we desire a balanced spirit that is accessible and responsive to God, He Himself wants it in us even more. As we want time alone with Him, He desires it with us even more. If this were not true, there would be little hope of our having a free and open relationship with our God. When our conscience is sensitive, our intuition is receptive, and our will is strong for Him, we join the fellowship and the communion of the saints. We are not alone.

Love in Him,

Prue