TODAY’S INSPIRATION: WHO DO YOU HEAR?

This world is so noisy. We are weighed down with so much information, and much of it comes from the influences of the world. We are surrounded with all kinds of challenges, conflicts, hatefulness, and injustices. Our brains stay on overload  trying to sort through and process it all. How are we to navigate through a world that is getting darker every day? We know that darkness is the result of the absence of light. Trying to keep up with the worlds influence can hinder our ability to hear God, who is the Light. We must be intentional and tune out the noise so we can hear His still, small voice. He is our way through the darkness.

“Faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.”
(Romans 10:17 NASB)

“To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.” (John 10:3-4) NIV

“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path” (Psalm 119:105) NIV

If we take the time to get into the presence of God and listen to His truth, He will guide us into the light. The Light is life, hope, peace, and purpose, even in the midst of the world’s darkness.

“Jesus answered, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) NIV

Every day we take in information. I remember my mother would say some information needs to go in one ear and out the other. But the Word of God we should hold on to, blocking anything else that does not align with it. In Mark 5, verses 25-34, Jesus healed a woman from a “flow of blood” that had caused her great suffering for twelve years. We see in verse 27 that her miracle began when she “heard about Jesus.” For twelve years she had been shunned and ostracized. For twelve years she was not allowed to touch anyone so she would not defile them. Whoever touched her or even touched anything she had sat on was also considered unclean (Lev. 15:19–25). And then she heard something about Jesus. She heard something that caused hope to spring up in her jaded heart and gave her the faith to believe she would be made well simply by touching His clothes. She heard something that gave her the boldness and resolve to press her weakened body through an entire crowd, even though Levitical law forbade her from touching anyone. She heard something that caused her to believe that in spite of the fact she was unclean, she could receive healing. That is all we need to hear today, in spite of the darkness in the world, our Lord Jesus is the light. If we be still and listen, the Holy Spirit living within us, speaks to us.

“This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the LORD. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.” (Jeremiah 31:33) NIV

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” (Philippians 4:8) KJV

“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12) NIV

We all should have a relationship with God and He may communicate differently with each of us. He speaks to us through the Bible, songs, prayer, and His indescribable peace. However He speaks, if we really want to hear God, we must turn down the volume of everything else that is going on in our lives. Christ is the Messenger who touches and feeds us. He is the Word who became flesh and lived among us. He is the voice who calls out to us in spirit and truth. To seek the still small voice is simply to seek Jesus, to receive him and to hear Him. Love and Blessings…

“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:24)