DEVOTIONAL SERIES: WHEN GOD CALLS MY NAME
by Cindy Black
#1, WHEN GOD SPEAKS, LISTEN
Aloha!
When God calls your name, can you HEAR Him? God is speaking. Are you listening?
Way back before cellphones truckers would use C B Radios and the talk may go something like, “Breaker, Breaker 1-9: You got your ears on little buddy?” My question is, do you have your spiritual ears on? God is speaking. Are you listening?
There are many voices in the world. They can become much like static on the radio when you can’t get a clear signal. A constant prayer I pray is to hear God’s voice above all others. God is speaking. Are you listening?
Psalm 85:8 “I will listen {with expectancy} to what God the Lord will speak peace to His people, to His saints (those who are in right standing with Him) but let them not turn again to {self-confident} folly.”
Mark 4:9 “Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”
We were discussing our private Devotions with the Lord at a Ladies Bible Study. One lady said her Bible lay on her bedside table and every morning she got up and walked right past it going through her busy day. She couldn’t understand why God wasn’t speaking to her until she realized she never took time to pick up her Bible and read it. God is speaking. Are you listening?
When we read the Bible, it’s like the Holy Spirit illuminates certain verses and shines them into our hearts opening our understanding. Sometimes I’ll just be washing dishes and the Lord will quicken a scripture to my heart and it ministers to me. God is speaking. Are you listening?
When you’re praying, you need to stop talking to God and just be quiet a little while and listen. A conversation isn’t one-sided. God is speaking. Are you listening?
Samuel heard God calling his name, but didn’t realize it was God until Eli told him. He was quick to listen from then on and the Lord revealed Himself to Samuel by the word of the Lord. 1 Samuel 3:1-21
Spend some time in private Devotion. Read your Bible. Pray, praise, and worship the Lord. Soon, you’ll hear God speaking to you. He was there all along.
God is speaking. Are you listening?
SONG: Mercy Me, “Word of God Speak” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JK_6osCH74
Mahalo,
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