--Hearing God's Voice
-By: Max Lucado

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the LORD is one!"
--Deuteronomy 6:4 bible

-It's not that we don't have ears; it's that we don't use them.

Scripture has always placed a premium on hearing God's voice. Indeed, the great command from God through Moses began with the words, "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the Lord is one!" (Deuteronomy 6:4). Nehemiah and his men were commended because they "were attentive" to the book of the Law (Nehemiah 8:3). "Blessed is the man who listens to me" is the promise of Proverbs 8:34. Jesus urges us to learn to listen like sheep. "The sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out...The sheep follow Him, for they know his voice" (John 10:3,4). Each of the seven churches in Revelation is addressed in the same manner: "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."

Our ears, unlike our eyes, do not have lids. They are to remain open, but how easily they close.

Question: What is God telling you in His Scriptures?


Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]