#89 – Listening

Good morning wonderful children of God

People must learn to listen. I don’t think this comes natural to any of us. We are often more intent on saying our bit rather than listening to others. This originates in self-centredness. I personally struggle with this, sometimes not doing too bad but sometimes doing pretty shocking if I’m honest. How about you?

We need to listen to others; not only what they say but what they are feeling. We probably all agree with this even if we don’t always practice it so well. But the thing I really want to focus in on this morning is listening to God. I really believe that God is talking to us more often than we are listening to Him. God talks through His Word, through people, through creation, through the Holy Spirit; heck he can even talk through donkeys if He wants! The point is God speaks. The question is ‘are we listening?’ We all want to do God’s will but we can’t obey what we haven’t heard. This is so important we might chat about it a little more tomorrow. For today, let’s all make a focus of listening to the Holy Spirit more today.

James 1:19 Be quick to listen, slow to speak