Yesterday we discussed our general failure to listen. If we don’t listen, we don’t really know others and without knowledge of who people really are, we don’t really love them. We also don’t listen to God. The issues are a bit more complicated and the impact is more eternal.
“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.” We don’t follow God’s rules; because we don’t listen to Him. It’s not that we don’t hear His commandments. We are very familiar with the rules. Because we don’t listen to the Rulemaker, we don’t know Him. We don’t, therefore, love Him. Therefore, we don’t obey Him.
It’s kind of like your Momma. You hate to hear her lecture you because you know and love her. You know she has your interests at heart. You know she wants the best for you. You know she’s right. You know she won’t take “no” for an answer.
Because God is a spirit; it is easier to do with Him what we do with other men. We don’t listen to them; we listen to others talk about them. So it is with God, rather than listening to Him, if we listen at all, we listen to others talk about Him. We don’t want to hear God. Once hearing His voice, how could we not obey. It’s far easier to discount men, even if we “know” they are speaking His truths.
Listen to your Momma. Let us get quiet in our spirits. Let us really listen for His voice. We may already “know” in our spirits what He wants to tell us. But let’s let the words come from Him. Maybe then we will head Him. Maybe now we will obey. Maybe finally we will
Be blessed.
Nick
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