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Week 3: Listening to the Father
Rebellious Ears Mean Broken Tears
Week 3, Day 5
Throughout the Old Testament, we hear the voice of God the Father more than that of the Son or the Spirit. And He spoke, most often, through prophets. However, the Israelites provided us with countless examples of those who did not listen... or if they listened, they did not obey.
When God speaks through Isaiah in chapter 48, He addresses the “house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel.”
Isaiah 48:8, 17-19 (ESV)
8 You have never heard, you have never known,
from of old your ear has not been opened.
For I knew that you would surely deal treacherously,
and that from before birth you were called a rebel.
17 Thus says the LORD,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the LORD your God,
who teaches you to profit,
who leads you in the way you should go.
18 Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments!
Then your peace would have been like a river,
and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;
19 your offspring would have been like the sand,
and your descendants like its grains;
their name would never be cut off
or destroyed from before me.”
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Week 3: Listening to the Father
Listening Cleanly and Clearly—And So I Listen.
Week 3, Day 4
What hinders our listening?
One of my own biggest hindrances is my own thoughts...
And so I listen.
My prayers have been transformed from a rambling conglom-eration of words to moments of silence, listening to what God speaks to my heart. I have realized the value of being in the pres-ence of the Lord instead of always feeling like I have to have something to say, or have the perfect words to express whatever is on my mind.
And so I listen to His heart.
After several years of friendship, while driving on a road trip, a friend commented, “I’m glad we have reached the point in our relationship where we don’t feel like we have to fill the silence with noise. We are comfortable with ourselves, with each other, and with our relationship that it is enough to just be here together.”
I think I have finally reached that point in my communication with God. He has more important things to say than I do. His wisdom is infinitely beyond mine. His thoughts are not my thoughts and His ways are not my ways (Isa. 55:8-9), yet I long for them to be more aligned.