Day 28
Listening.
It's difficult to be still in the presence of God and listen ... for me that is true. I am usually talking to Him rather than listening to Him.
One of my favorite psalms is Psalm 116:1-2. "I love the Lord, for He head my voice; He heard my cry for mercy. Because He turned His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live." I do call on the Lord. I pray daily, I listen occasionally.
My prayer life is more talking than listening and I sense that He is calling me to listen. Because He knows I need confirmation of what I sense Him telling me I usually hear from Him in a few ways regarding the same thing - I've shared that before. Well just to confirm what I am sensing in my spirit one of my devotions this week shined the spotlight on listening to God; "The cry of the human soul is never unheard. It is never that God does not hear the cry, but that man fails to hear the response. Like parts of a machine, made to fit each into the other, and to work in perfect harmony, so is the human cry and the God-response." My realization is that if I slow down, stop and listen the response that was waiting to be heard now has the chance.
For me - half way through the 60/60 I am called to be still and listen to God.
What about you? What is God saying to you half way through?
Blessings,
Lynn
1 comments:
Definitely a lesson in listening for me also.
From the beginning of this experiment, the primary thing God has put on my heart is to learn how to truly listen to Him. About 30 days ago when I set my new watch and realized that the "chime" was a single, faint, chirp, I got ready to package it for return. However, I felt the Lord spoke to my heart that moment, and that one lesson for me is to learn to hear Him in the quiet tones. Remembering 1 Kings 19:11-12, I thought I should look for Him in the "gentle blowing, the still small voice."
He is teaching me how to become a better listener/hearer of His "voice". Like the faint chirp of the chime on my watch, His presence in my life has become so much clearer over the past month.
Hallelujah.
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