Insights into a soul

You know I feel that a lot of us complain about our churches, that the pastor doesn’t speak to us, and I don’t mean that he doesn’t say hello, but that his sermons don’t have anything that speaks into our lives. Even those of us seasoned Christians do this. We even do it with the bible. We say, it doesn’t speak to me anymore. Maybe this is because we don’t let it. We shut out hearts out and we chose not to listen to the messages. I feel that the Bible becomes stale to us because we don’t listen anymore, we don’t open ourselves up to what God has to say and what He wants to say to us. We sit here and whine and complain “God isn’t working in my life, he doesn’t hear me anymore, what do I do? Please help me Lord.” We don’t hear the answer that God has for us is because we aren’t listening. Now, he doesn’t always speak to us directly, it isn’t always clear, BUT that is why we need to listen and learn how to hear Him. He may speak to us through His word, through other people, through experiences in our lives. We just need to be open and willing to listen, since I have gotten married, I have learned that God speaks through my wife more and more. She supports me in all the decisions I make and she is always there to provide her opinion and wisdom, even when I don’t want to hear it. I have learned what it means more and more to be a Man of God, I am learning what it means to be the head of the house hold. This is something that I have heard about for years and I am now LEARNING what it means to be these things.

My challenge to you, be someone who listens, Be still and know that He is God, He is in charge. If we are just willing to listen to him, whether it be through people, experiences, or even as simple as His word. Listen.