Hearing God's Voice - Pt 2 - His Creation

Yesterday I outlined quite basically the importance of being able to hear God's voice. If you were not convinced, hang in there, I hope that in learning more about it that you will feel a desire to understand it better.

The first area that I believe that God has provided for us to hear from Him is nature.

God's Voice - His Creation

So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place.
- Mark 6:32 -

One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.
- Luke 6:12 -

Too often our homes and workplaces etc are so full of distractions that we don't have the space to hear God. God wants to speak to us but we have our iPod in our ears, the television blaring and MSN flashing. Sometimes it is best to withdraw away, take a media fast and focus on our Saviour. Who knows, you may notice something special that God created for you.

The voice of the LORD is over the waters;
the God of glory thunders,
the LORD thunders over the mighty waters.

The voice of the LORD is powerful;
the voice of the LORD is majestic.

The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars;
the LORD breaks in
pieces the cedars of Lebanon

- Psalms 29:3-5 -

I'd like to ask you for your thoughts on this: how can we listen to God in nature without falling into the trap of pantheism?