He who has
ears, let him hear.
Matthew 11:15
“I hate this cell phone!” I said dropping it beside me on
the front seat of my car.
Across from me in the passenger seat, my ten-year-old
grandson’s eyes widened.
“Why do you hate your
phone?” he asked in a you are truly strange
tone.
I snorted, “I was in the middle of telling Pawpaw where we’d
meet him this afternoon when all of a sudden he couldn’t hear me. He finally
had to hang up before we could finish making plans.”
This frustration with my phone was nothing new. All too
often the person on the other end of a conversation would say, “I can’t hear
you,” or “You’re breaking up.”
Then, like the television commercial, I’d race around the
house to different locations, shouting, “Can you hear me? Can you hear me now?”
I suspect God feels the same frustration with me. Sometimes
when He speaks, I don’t hear Him.
Of course the reason for the break down in communication is
different than when my cell phone fails. The problem is not the result of
technical difficulty. It’s due to human error, and the error is mine.
You see, I can’t hear God if I’m not listening.
I can’t hear Him if:
· I neglect to
find a quiet place to focus on Him in the morning.
· I immerse
myself in busyness instead of His Word during the day.
· I allow
distracting thoughts to drown out His voice before I go to sleep.
God’s Word is loud and clear. The trouble is I sometimes put
Him “on hold.”
Father, forgive me for the
times I haven’t heard You. I know You have much to say that I need to hear.
Help me to listen.
Carol
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