Excerpt from Rick Renner: There has never been a more important time in history for Christian believers to read, study, and meditate on the Bible. The way to circumvent spiritual seduction and deception is by knowing, understanding, and being rooted in the truth of God’s Word. He is looking for hearts that yearn to continually know His higher thoughts and ways and who therefore embrace and submit to His Word as absolute truth.

Link to an article from Kevin Zadai, here's an excerpt:
     
     It is not that God is quiet, it is just that you have to shut out all the voices of the world. You have to set yourself apart, and that’s when you will start to hear from God. You have to fine-tune yourself by studying, meditating, and partaking of the Word of God and by letting it get into your spirit.​..

When quieting yourself, being still before YHWH, to what does your thoughts or feelings drift? What's your focus? What you focus on is what you'll feel and move towards and do and become. That's why God says NO idols - he wants our focus on Him - so we can become like Jesus and be indwelled with His Spirit.

The purpose of everything in our lives is to be in relationship with God. Jesus promises us we will know HIS voice. But we need to practice listening. In meditation, we shut down all other "voices" and hear only HIM.

If you still yourself, and look at occurrences and opportunities around you, you may find God is speaking to you in coincidences or opening pathways to you (pathways that can be missed if you're distracted and disconnected from Him). Frank Viola wrote about it here, and cited to Frank Laubach as follows:

From the Pocket Testament League, to help you pray more effectively:

"Soaking" is a word used for meditation, especially meditations focused on adoration and connecting to God's presence. This excerpt is from Beni Johnson's recommendation of Carol Arnott's book "Soaking in the Spirit":

Carol Arnott authored a book entitled "Soaking in the Spirit". In chapter 3, Arnott references Mark Vikler's 4 step method to learn to hear the gentle voice of God's leading. (1) Quiet yourself. 

Psalm 40 "is a statement of the faithfulness of God and an invitation to respond to His faithfulness with patient waiting, even in tough circumstances. But waiting patiently is not waiting idly—David was seeking God, and God responded (v. 1). God’s response wasn’t 

From Gratefulness.org -- Great Fullness - BrotherDavid Steindl-Rast
Light a candle on line with your prayer and meditation. Free. 

Put aside your identity, and put aside everything you think about yourself (your labels, roles, wants, wins, hurts, failures, aspirations, strivings, relationships); and ask God to show you YOU as HE sees you. Take a whole lot of time to simply rest in His Presence, and BE. If anything "comes up" for you (unforgiveness, fear, etc.) take it to the cross and exchange it; then go back to getting to know you, and to seeing yourself as He sees you.