Hearing God is not some strange or mystical experience. It is not hearing God audibly, but hearing Him with your heart. "Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts" (Hebrews 3:15). The heart of man is the mind, will, and emotions. It is the spirit of man, that is the inner-man. He gives thoughts for your mind. These thoughts are revealed in the Bible. He gives you desires for the heart, even the desire to know Him. He gives you emotions, such as sorrow for your sins and love for others.
Hearing God is a choice. Not all are willing to hear God. Those who want no part of hearing God have hardened their hearts. Only God can change your heart. He does this through the new birth. He takes away your hardened heart and gives you a heart sensitive to His Word and Spirit. God says, "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you" (Ezekiel 36:26).
God's voice is the voice of the Holy Spirit. His Spirit communicates with your spirit. That's the reason God must put a new spirit within you. Otherwise, your heart is hardened toward the things of the Spirit of God. God is able to put a new spirit within you. Then the communication begins. "The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God" (Romans 8:16).
Fellowship with God is talking to Him and hearing Him. It is a divine-human dialogue. We talk to Him in prayer. He talks to us through the word of truth in the Bible. That's fellowship with God.
