+DEV+ Listening To God

Date: August 23, 2013 1:10 AM
Topic: +DEV+  Listening To God

Listening To God

"Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." (Lamentations 3:22-23)
Scripture Focus: Psalm 78:1-8

When our three year old granddaughter awoke, she greeted her mommy with, "My have big listening ears today!" Happy words for a mother of young ones to hear!

I must confess, I don't always have "big listening ears" when it comes to God's voice. The tyranny of the urgent and the gratification of the immediate constantly tempt me to think about and do everything other than listen. Yet it is in that quiet place with God, away from all the distractions of life, where His transforming power often does its greatest work.

Isaiah 50:4b-5 says, "He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears...." Imagine the kind of impact we can have on the world if we engage in listening to God with "big ears" morning by morning. "His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness." (2 Peter 1:3). Let's listen for our Savior's call as we start the new day.

Insight: By His Spirit, God wants to transform us, using us to build Christ's Kingdom on earth. That is being a true disciple of Jesus!



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