ARE YOU REALLY LISTENING

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

Have you taken that DEEP BREATH and LISTENED for what GOD has for you today?

I ran across this and wanted to share:

We don’t want to miss even a small nudging from the Lord in any circumstance of life. We don’t have to know all the details. Many times we will only see what is right in front of us. We need to carefully listen to God’s promptings just as this young man listened carefully to instructions.

A young man applied for a job as a Morse code operator. He answered the ad in the newspaper and went to the address listed. He entered a large, noisy office with a telegraph clicking in the background. A sign at the counter instructed all job applicants to fill out the form and wait until they were called to enter the inner office. The young man completed his form and sat down where seven other applicants were waiting. After a few minutes, he got up, went to the door to the inner office and walked right in.

The other applicants were wondering what was happening. A few minutes later the young man came out from the inner office escorted by the interviewer. The interviewer said, “Gentlemen, the job has been filled by this young man.” Grumbling, one of them spoke up, “Wait a minute—He was the last one to come in, and we never even got a chance to be interviewed. Yet he got the job. 

That’s not fair!” The employer responded, “I’m sorry, but all the time you’ve been sitting here, the telegraph has been ticking out the following message in Morse code: ‘If you understand this message, then come right in. The job is yours.’ None of you heard it or understood it. This young man did. So the job is his.”

Wow.

Does that describe us?

So preoccupied by the noise and distraction that we MISS HIS message?

Listening to God and hearing what He is saying should be a daily experience. It’s not something we have to go on a retreat to do. Those times are good and beneficial, but if we can’t take the time to really listen to God constantly and consistently, we have missed the boat.

And I don’t believe we want to be left on that dock, amen?

GOD is daily offering direction, grace and instruction for those who tune their ears to hear Him.

…the Lord longs to be gracious to you…Blessed are all who wait for him… Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it’…

Isaiah 30:18, 21 (NIV)

Our “task” is to do just that.

Sift through the noise.

Listen for that voice of grace, compassion, discernment and direction.

Tune your ear and heart to “what HE is saying” about today.

And remember prayer is as much, if not more, about listening as it is talking my friends.

“…Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.” ― Mother Teresa

 

Have a blessed day of listening and a safe weekend.

I love ya!

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