What hinders me from hearing is that I am taken up with other things. It is not that I will not hear God, but I am not devoted to hearing Him. At times God puts us through the discipline of darkness to teach us to heed Him. Song birds are taught to sing in the dark, and we are put into the shadow of God's hand until we learn to hear Him. Watch where God puts you into darkness, then remain quiet.
Darkness is the time to listen.
If you talk to other people, you may not hear what God is saying. When you are in the dark, listen, and God will give you a very precious message for someone else when you get into the light. And yet God has been saying it all these days and weeks. Now He gives you the gift of humiliation which brings the softness of heart that will always listen to God now. Readiness for the message When God speaks, many of us are in a fog, we give no answer.