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You ever listen in such a way that you are paying attention? How do I explain this? Hhhmmm…..well I kind of think of the world as white noise so to speak. It’s so busy and loud, it sounds like that snowy channel when you hit the wrong button on the remote. At first it can be a tad irritating but if you’re sleeping eventually the noise just seems to fade into your subconscious.
In the din of the world around us all this noise becomes common place. Just take a walk along a city street during rush hour to experience this up close and personal. I have had to learn to retrain my ear to listen more carefully amongst the volume all around me. Every now and again there is something worth hearing but if I am not paying attention I may miss it.
I love the way Abba Father speaks to us but we have to be listening for him. Lately I hear with a word…confidence! It restructures my thoughts to have confidence. I don’t have to feel timid or shy. I have found I like to listen in confidence; it makes me want to ask more. Now I wait, confident He will answer me.
1 Kings 19:11-12 The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.