How do i hear from God?

How do I hear from the Lord?

In the first few chapters of the book of Mathew, we see Mary receiving a visitation from an Angel, and later, Joseph. The two received reports and instructions that directly played out in their future. Imagine for a moment that they didn’t receive such information, yet still had to be players in the events concerning them? This is what would’ve probably happened;

• Mary would’ve been completely confused at finding herself pregnant without having ‘known’ a man.
• Joseph would’ve divorced and exposed Mary to the leaders, leading most probably to a sure death.
• Joseph won’t have escaped with the baby jesus to Egypt when the right time came.
• The couple won’t have known this was a special baby, with a particular name, born for a specific reason.

In short, without this visitation, they’d have probably missed out on their destiny.
God still speaks, are you listening?
How do I hear from the Lord? Is there anything special I should be doing, in order to hear from God?
Take a closer look at the stories in Mathew 1 through 4 and you’ll discover that both Mary and Joseph didn’t seem to have been doing anything special when they received a visitation or got connected to Heaven’s frequency. The Holy spirit knows the mind of God and is willing to communicate it. We know this because Jesus said, He was going to send another comforter. The issue has never been with God but man.
As we mediated on the above questions above, it suddenlly dawned on me that the only thing they seemed to have been doing was being expectant! The word in itself reminds me of my 2012 word- deliberate.
Mary was bethrothed to marry Joseph, could she have been looking up to God in preparation for her wedding?
To be continued…