Do you often feel like you have nothing to say that anyone really wants to hear? Or do you feel like no matter what you say, it goes in one ear and out the other?
Sometimes the reason we’ve lost our voice is spiritual, sometimes it is wounding we’ve held onto, and sometimes it is just plain our own fault!
Sometimes the reason we’ve lost our voice is spiritual, sometimes it is wounding we’ve held onto, and sometimes it is just plain our own fault!
But no matter what the reason is behind your lost voice, we can get to the root of it and get you back to being heard.
Today we’ll talk about the practical steps you can take to determine what you might have done wrong in the past, and how to change whether people want to hear you or not.
If you have been so desperate to be heard that you haven’t listened to others, if you interrupt or add your 2 cents, or don’t acknowledge what someone else has said but just plow right into your own opinion, then you are not treating people the way you want to be treated, and you need to change this before anyone will want to hear you!
Do you want to listen to people who don’t care about your opinion? No one else does either, so if you have been a sounding brass or a clanging cymbal by not speaking (or listening) in love, this is the time to change that! Recognize that you need to prefer someone else’s words over your own and stop fighting for the chance to be heard (Romans 12:10) before anyone else will want to hear you.
Have you spoken words that have kept you in bitterness over this? Do you have an expectation that no one will want to hear you, so you say things like, “No one cares what I say, anyway!” You need to break that vow and expectation through prayer, because you are defiling yourself and others in the process. (Hebrews 12:15)
How are you coming across when you speak? Are you shy, cowering, unsmiling, grumpy, or sullen? The look on your face and the way you approach a conversation will determine whether others want to hear you or not. Look at yourself in the mirror and practice! Yes, this seems odd, but people respond to smiles and eye contact and an approachable face, and the tend to back away from harsh looks.
In a few days, we’ll talk about some of the spiritual reasons you have been silenced. But practice some of these practical ways to get your words across to others and let me know if you start to see a change.
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