An intimate, conversational walk with God is available. Is normal, even. Or, at least, is meant to be normal. I’m well aware that a majority of people do not enjoy that . . . yet. But it is certainly what God desires and what he offers. My assumption is based on the nature of God and the nature of man made in his image. We are communicators. My assumption is also based on the nature of relationship — it requires communication. It is based on the long record of God speaking to his people of various ranks in all sorts of situations. And finally, it is based on the teachings of Jesus, who tells us that we hear his voice.
— John Eldredge, Walking with God, p. 17-18