Can You Hear Me Now?

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Encouragement for your daily walk with God

I’ve been accused [and rightly so] of selective hearing. I can easily dismiss all kinds of messages — except the call to dinner!

Christ followers know that our Lord talked about this a lot. He was fond of saying, “You’ve got the necessary equipment to hear, so listen up!” OK, that’s my loose translation of, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

What strikes me most about His words is that it is a present command — keep on hearing, or don’t stop hearing. Since it is a command, it requires participation on my part. I must decide to keep the channel open so that I can hear what God says in His Word. Unfortunately, there are times when I am like His disciples...slow to hear!

There is a sense in which my heart and ears need calibration. They need to be tuned to God’s frequency. The song writer had it right when he wrote:

Come, thou Fount of every blessing, 

Tune my heart to sing thy grace 

My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. John 10:27