23 May 2011
Matthew 11:15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
How deaf are you? I know that sometimes people will speak to me and although I may hear what they say, I may not actually listen to them. There is also a question of tone, it is amazing how if the tone is nagging my brain switches off. Then there is the time when somebody is advising me what to do, but I know what I am doing and I just ignore them, with a yes and a no and then a maybe and just carry on doing what I want to anyway. When I realise that what I was doing did not work properly, then I will try to recall the advise and try again. I know in this regard I am not unique, we are all a little like this.
In the same way sometimes we are even more deaf to God’s voice and His word, even though He sometimes shouts at us we ignore His voice and carry on because we know best. When we are desperate and need to hear His voice, we simply do not know how. We pray and we listen to silence, we ask and it seems we do not get an answer, we sing and praise and worship and we do all these things and yet inside us is nothing, an emptiness, blank nothing. Our ears are closed to the voice of God. We do what we please, and how we please, and then we expect God to answer us just because we decide one day we need to hear from God!
When we turn to God, God responds and turns to us. Be still and know that He is God. We need to know that when God speaks we do what He asks and we live accordingly. He speaks to us through His word, He speaks to us in prayer, He speaks to us through others, He speaks to us in who we are, are you hearing God? Are your ears open to His voice, or is your voice and needs louder than His? Listen!! God speaks.
Be encouraged today to listen for the voice of God.
Point to ponder: Open your ears and hear.
Question to consider: Do you listen and hear and comprehend?
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