It is important that we get still to wait on God. And it is bets that we get alone, preferably with our bible outspread before us. Then if we we will we may draw near to God and begin to hear Him speak to us in our hearts. I think for the average person the progression will be something like this: First a sound, as of a Presence walking in the garden. Then a voice, more intelligible but far from clear. Then the happy moment when the Spirit begins to illuminate the Scriptures, and that which had only been a sound, or a best a voice, now becomes an intelligible word, warm and intimate, and clear as the word of a dear friend. Then will come life and light, and best of all, ability to see and rest in and embrace Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord and All.
AW Tozer, The Pursuit of God, quoted in Come Boldly, p 72.
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