There is a precondition to listening to God - or to anyone for that matter. Think about it. You cannot hear if you are busy talking. There is little space for God’s ideas in our minds and thoughts, as long as we are too full of our own good ideas!
For you to hear the Lord, you have to be silent before Him.
The psalmist and prophet Habakkuk speak to this:
(Ps 46:10) "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." and
(Hab 2:20) "But the LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him."
CALM DOWN! BE SILENT BEFORE GOD!
When it comes to listening to God we can say that "silence is golden”. Many people are not comfortable with silence. More people wake up when a sound stops than when a sound starts. Yet, in order to live and serve according to God's idea, we need to be able to listen within the boundaries of silent expectation of personal time with the Lord.
Do you listen and expect to hear the Word of God? Are there enough silent time in your life in which you are listening to him and are you willing to apply his ideas?
Lets create time this week to sincerely pray the prayer in 1 Sam 3: 10:
"Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening."
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