Job 33

God Still Speaks

For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognize it. ~ Job 33:14

One of the most comforting truths in all of Scripture is this: God still speaks. He doesn’t go silent when life gets hard. He doesn’t give up on us when we struggle to hear Him. He speaks to His people again and again because He loves us too much to leave us guessing.

This is a truth I wish I would have known much younger in my life. But, once I realized that I could hear His direction and began to follow His voice inside my heart, it made all the difference in my life. I remember a time in my life where everything felt quiet. I was praying, reading, serving… and yet I felt stuck. It wasn’t that I had walked away from God, but I couldn’t seem to hear what He wanted me to do next. One night, completely discouraged, I asked Him out loud, “Why can’t I hear your answer?” As soon as I did, a Scripture I hadn’t thought of in years dropped into my heart. That was it. It wasn’t dramatic, but it was direct. And I realized then that He had been speaking all along, I just didn’t recognize it because I expected something different.

Job 33 is Elihu’s turn to speak, and he pointed out something powerful: God isn’t silent. It is just that often people miss His voice. He speaks through His Word, through dreams, through people, through gentle nudges, and even through pain. He wants to rescue, correct, and lead us, not to punish us, but to protect and restore us.

Here are some practical ways to start tuning in to the voice of God:

1. Expect God to speak and ask Him to help you hear.

If you believe He is speaking, you’ll begin to pay more attention. Expectation positions your heart to receive.
Pray each morning: “Lord, help me recognize Your voice today in to keep me on purpose with You.”
Thinking God is silent leads to frustration and spiritual distance.

2. Write down the ways He’s spoken before.

Keep a journal of moments where you sensed God speaking through Scripture, a friend’s encouragement, a dream, or a deep inner knowing. This helps you identify His voice.
Reflect on the last time you knew it was God speaking. What did He say? How did it come?
Forgetting past moments can make us think God never speaks, when really, we’ve just stopped listening.

3. Be open to unexpected ways He might speak.

Elihu said God speaks in many ways, even though pain. That doesn’t mean God causes all pain, but He can use it to pull us closer to Him.
Ask: “Lord, what are You showing me through this situation?” Don’t rush the answer, wait and listen.
Dismissing difficult seasons as random or meaningless keeps you from hearing what God might be revealing to you at that time.

Today I want to encourage you to know God is always speaking. Sometimes it’s a whisper in the quiet, sometimes it’s a warning in the storm, and sometimes it’s a promise in the waiting. You don’t have to strain to hear Him, but you do have to be willing to pause, ask, and expect. His voice brings life, clarity, and restoration. If you’re feeling uncertain or distant today, don’t assume God is far. He’s near… and He’s still speaking.

Today’s scripture reading: Job 33

1 “Listen to my words, Job; pay attention to what I have to say.

2 Now that I have begun to speak, let me continue.

3 I speak with all sincerity; I speak the truth.

4 For the Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

5 Answer me, if you can; make your case and take your stand.

6 Look, you and I both belong to God. I, too, was formed from clay.

7 So you don’t need to be afraid of me. I won’t come down hard on you.

8 “You have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard your very words.

9 You said, ‘I am pure; I am without sin; I am innocent; I have no guilt.

10 God is picking a quarrel with me, and he considers me his enemy.

11 He puts my feet in the stocks and watches my every move.’

12 “But you are wrong, and I will show you why. For God is greater than any human being.

13 So why are you bringing a charge against him? Why say he does not respond to people’s complaints?

14 For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognize it.

15 He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they lie in their beds.

16 He whispers in their ears and terrifies them with warnings.

17 He makes them turn from doing wrong; he keeps them from pride.

18 He protects them from the grave, from crossing over the river of death.

19 “Or God disciplines people with pain on their sickbeds, with ceaseless aching in their bones.

20 They lose their appetite for even the most delicious food.

21 Their flesh wastes away, and their bones stick out.

22 They are at death’s door; the angels of death wait for them.

23 “But if an angel from heaven appears— a special messenger to intercede for a person and declare that he is upright—

24 he will be gracious and say, ‘Rescue him from the grave, for I have found a ransom for his life.’

25 Then his body will become as healthy as a child’s, firm and youthful again.

26 When he prays to God, he will be accepted. And God will receive him with joy and restore him to good standing.

27 He will declare to his friends, ‘I sinned and twisted the truth, but it was not worth it.

28 God rescued me from the grave, and now my life is filled with light.’

29 “Yes, God does these things again and again for people.

30 He rescues them from the grave so they may enjoy the light of life.

31 Mark this well, Job. Listen to me, for I have more to say.

32 But if you have anything to say, go ahead. Speak, for I am anxious to see you justified.

33 But if not, then listen to me. Keep silent and I will teach you wisdom!”

 Journal:

• Where in your life do you need to hear God right now?
• Write it down, then sit quietly and ask Him to speak.
• What comes to mind?
• Write that down too and revisit it throughout the week.