Hearing God, are you listening?
Hearing God, its and interesting thing, something that i have been struggling with for a long time and these are the thoughts i wanted to share.
I have been wrestling for a while with Hearing God’s voice. I have come to realize that most of the time, i dont hear his voice because i am too busy asking him and not quiet enough to hear his answer. i think we spend so much time crying out to him that we drown out his answers with our own lamenting and self-pitying. I hear people all the time cry out, “Lord, i need an answer. Shoowww mee the path! please i want to hear you i wan to see the path you have laid out for me.” now, i admit, this was me not too long ago, but what i learned to do, was not to spend so much time crying out to him and spend more time, being quiet and listening to him. It is amazing how the answer can be so clear in front of us but because we are too busy in out heads we dont hear that still small voice that is God whispering in our ear, His plan and His purpose. It is such a beautiful thing when you see someone come to the revelation of what God wants us to do, or the purpose that he has for our lives. What is even more amazing is how we can harm ourselves more than anything else by not setting our focus right. I was listening to Mcmanus last night, which i seem to be doing more and more, his sermons speak so much to me and they seem to always be what i need to hear at the time i need to hear it. But, the point is that if our focus is not in the RIGHT place, then we will make mistakes, it is so much easier to get off the Path that God has put in front of us. The story he tells us is the one of david and bathsheeba. see, we always get the point in church that David sinned, he committed adultery and the consequences of sin. But, why? why did he do what he did, what is so significant about this? His focus was not on the right thing nor we he in the right place. He was not fighting in the war, but rather he was back at his palace and he was walking around on his rooftop. He saw bathsheeba and rather than turn away, he stared and then desired and eventually took what he wanted. His focus was NOT on God, it was not on the war at hand. Because his focus was not on the thing that it should have been, and as a result he fell.
What are you putting your focus on today other than God? what has taken His place? what battle are you avoiding (so to speak). Be careful not to take your focus of the task that God has for you. We need to daily strive to re organize our priorities. We need to make sure that we are seeking God and the plan he has for us, we may need to take a few steps back and be quiet long enough to listen. God is speaking to you, are you listening?
As i said, this was something i had been struggling with, i finally learned how to stand back and listen to God, my wife was very helpful in this. But, i stopped and realized that it was my time to move on in life, step out of my comfort bubble and embrace a new job and a new location. Time to start a life with my family. So, as a result, i have realized that it is time for me to move on, i will be moving to south carolina soon and working at a new church. I am grateful for the time that i spent at my old job, but its time to move on. I learned a lot about video and production, i learned about how to do church and how not to do church. I am excited to see what God has planned for me and how He will grow me, but i know NONE of this would have been able unless i was able to stand back and listen to him, and to keep quiet long enough for God to speak to me.
