The Still Small Voice

If you’re grappling with this question, I want to say upfront: it’s not my aim to convince you through a theological treatise or scientific argument that God exists. I cannot use the powers of rhetoric at my disposal to force belief.

I’ve observed that many people resist belief in God not because of evidence, but because accepting His existence would be irreconcilable with the way they live, and they’re content with that life.

But if you’re not content—if you find yourself doubting, wrestling, questioning—then I want you to know: you’re not alone.

I’ve walked through seasons of deep skepticism, even cynicism. I’ve stared at the Creation account and wondered, Is this just a folktale? I’ve asked the same hard questions many have asked:

• If God is omniscient, then why this?
• If He’s omnipotent, then why that?
• If He’s good, then how could He allow any of it?

And yet, in the midst of all that questioning, I have also encountered a deep and unshakable truth: ou will know God is real when you open your eyes and your heart and allow Him to show you.

He is there.

He is there in Scripture, in words so ancient and piercing they feel carved into the soul.

He is in the natural world—in the elegant precision of the universe and its immutable laws.

He is in the kind of love that defies human instinct: radical and self-sacrificial.

He is in the Spirit, whispering through conviction, through longing, through the kind of coincidences that defy probability.

In my own life, I have experienced this firsthand. When I walk in alignment with Him, I find peace—even when my circumstances are far from peaceful:

“You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.” — Psalm 16:11

When I’ve turned from Him, I’ve known the ache of separation, the consequences of my own self-will:

“Your iniquities have separated you from your God.” — Isaiah 59:2

But thank God for grace. Thank God that His mercies are new every morning and the He never gives up on us, even when we’ve given up on Him.

God is real.
God loves you.
God knows every hair on your head and every longing in your soul.

And He invites you not to religion but to relationship, to a life of wholeness and peace: “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.” — Psalm 32:8

All it takes to begin is one small, quiet step of faith.