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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

God Will JOYfully Speak...If Only We Will Listen!



            Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Do you know the truth about the kind of JOY that comes from hearing God? 

            If you are in the habit to listening to God, you know that there is nothing that takes the place of that personal communication.  The way I see it, the joy of hearing God speak to your heart is in knowing that He has something to say---specifically to you!  Isn’t that awesome to know that out of all the billions of people He could choose to speak to, He singles you out and whispers His love and direction!

            When God speaks, He doesn’t hem-haw around.  He speaks succinctly and precisely what we need to hear. He speaks through His Word, through the Holy Spirit, through other people and through circumstances.  Are we listening?

            There are two kinds of listeners (according to Charles Stanley): passive and aggressive.  A passive listener does not come to God to hear a decision from Him.  The aggressive listener (on the other hand) comes seeking  diligently what God has to say.  If he is in church, his Bible is open and his pen is ready.  If he participates in a Bible Study, he is all ears and his mind is inquisitive. If he is involved in personal devotion, his notebook is replete with insight into God’s ways.”

            According to that description…are you passive or aggressive in your listening to God?  Let’s strive to be like Isaiah when he said in Isaiah 50:4, “He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.”

            Join me as we tune our ears toward the voice of God Who will joyfully lead us.  

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