10/22/2023
Do you listen to God?
Joshua 24:27.....And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold this stone shall be a witness unto us, for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us: It shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God,
Joshua reminded his people of how God, our Lord, had bought them out from the house of bo***ge, out of the land of Egypt and which did these great things in their sight; but they weren't serving the Lord in sincerity and truth. So Josha said to them if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, then choose this day whom ye will serve, whether it be that ye will serve the God's which your father's served in Egypt. Joshua said as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
I am reminded of the many things we are going through here in America. Things which have resulted because we have turned away from God. We don't want to pray to God in our public schools anymore. We don't want " In God We Trust" on our monies anymore, telling God that we don't want to trust him anymore. We don't want to do his will anymore. But in 1st Samuel 15:22, Samuel reminds us that it is better anyway to obey God than to make sacrifices unto the Lord. Sacrificing Sundays to God isn't what God wants from us; He wants us to serve him 24/7. He wants us to be quiet more, so that he may speak to our hearts more, and we can hear what thus saideth the Lord. God wants us to obey him!!
An attentive ear is needed from us. We need to listen to, and hear what God has to say to us. When we pray, God will answer our prayers, but we need to be quiet and listen, to hear the words of the Lord. We must keep our eyes open, so that we may see the message of God " in a burning bush. We must listen because if we don't hear God's voice, the rocks may be crying out. We may not understand why the rocks are crying. They are crying because we don't want to worship and serve the Lord. There are stones and rocks that hear God's voice. Sometimes God has to talk to us by the swaying of the trees, and by the whistling of the wind, Sometimes he sends us answers or messages through kids, through our sincere friends and through our neighbors, and yes sometimes through our ministers.
Pay close attention. Proverbs 5:1 reminds us "my son, attend unto my wisdom, and lend thine ear to my understanding."
1 Samuel 15:16 reminds us to be quiet
Job 01:12 reminds us to "take notes" .
Job 20:02 reminds us to always "pay attention".
Job 34:16 reminds us to " Be smart, listen".
Isaiah 28:14 reminds us to " Be silent, listen".
Sometimes God's rainbow is a form of communication. Other times God talks to us in a deep sleep as he did Abram in Genesis 15: 12-15. There have been other times when God has used visions, and dreams, as he did in Numbers 12: 4-6. Sometimes we hear God's voice but we don't get his message as in Ezekiel 33:32.
God wants to hear from us. He wants to talk to us, but most importantly he wants us to listen to him and hear him. Hallelujah Amen!!