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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