“A Listening Heart” – pg. 26 – “More from the Pastor’s Desk”
How do we develop a listening heart? First of all, the Philips
version of Romans 12:12 says; “Base your happiness on your hope in Christ. When
trials come, endure them patiently; steadfastly maintain the habit of prayer”. The habit of prayer! It’s not a
hobby like something we do in our spare time, but a habit. If you look at all
the times Jesus went off to pray in scripture, it was always followed by some
dramatic or miraculous event. When we are in the habit of prayer, we will
develop a listening heart and a listening ear and something may actually happen
in our lives!...Let me take that a step further and say that some things may be
prevented from happening in our lives…because we are listening!
James
1:25 says; “The man who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and makes a habit of doing so, will hear
and not forget!” And, “he will be blessed in what he does”! He is talking about
making a habit of spending time in God’s Word.
These two habits of prayer and bible reading
go hand in hand. We need to pray for understanding and enlightenment before we
read and after we read. The Bible is not a newspaper to be skimmed through, it
is a mine that contains precious gold and silver that needs to be quarried out.
Proverbs 2:4 says that insight and understanding and wisdom will come if “you
search for it like silver and hunt for it like hidden treasure”…“Then you will
understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.”
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