“But most of us show incredible disrespect to God because we don’t even hear Him. He might as well never have spoken to us. The goal of my spiritual life is such close identification with Jesus Christ that I will always hear God and know that God always hears me …. If I have not developed and nurtured this devotion of hearing, I can only hear God’s voice at certain times. At other times I become deaf to Him because my attention is to other things— things which I think I must do. This is not living the life of a child of God.” CHAMBERS
Have you ever said something in a conversation only to have someone say “That is just what I said!” But you didn’t hear it. Or maybe the thought that you had was not yours at all but the words the other person had just spoken. Whatever the case, the person is normally just a little put out because that tells them, in no uncertain terms, you are not listening to what they say.
That is how it is with us and God. It is not that God is not speaking .. the problem is that we are not listening. Our attention is on the cares of this world .. we are so focused on the issues of life that we cannot hear what God is saying to us. (Psalms 46:10-11) “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge.”
Hearing God requires focus … looking intently on Him. God is not your enemy He is your advocate. As you live your life every day, the Lord is with you. He is your strength. He knows what is best for you. Our natural desire is to trust in our own judgment and not listen to His voice … (Isaiah 30:21) “Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it," Whenever you turn to the right hand Or whenever you turn to the left.”
God speaks through His Word, through nature, He is always speaking …. But we must listen …. (James 1:25) “But whoso looks into the perfect law of liberty (the Bible), and continues therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. “
This will not necessarily make you problems go away … the men that were inspired to write the words in the Bible all struggled in life … the proof of God’s presence is not the absence of trouble … (John 16:33) “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."
But He has overcome the world … He is at your side … you can have peace in the midst of the storm you are in now. Put your hope in God … listen to Him .. and then walk in the way He shows you.
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
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