Listening.
A couple days ago I heard a worship musician named Jason Upton say "We can actually be addicted to the words of man. when we dont hear them, it's like we cant even live".
he continues: "but God has a voice too, except he doesnt amplify it--He whispers: 'you are my beloved.'"
So often I listen to the wrong messages & voices. In the end, it leaves me feeling upset and discontent after they're gone, much like Jason's analogy of addiction. I wait for people to tell me what I want to hear, but the satisfaction never lasts long when I do hear it. Perhaps this is why it's so easy to forget God's voice; I'm focused on the counterfeit substance--the stuff that will never satisfy me. When I turn my heart back to Him (I have to turn back all the time, it seems), and then listen to His voice & words... I am completely satisfied by them. It goes much deeper than just hearing; it actually settles in my heart and I can feel it changing my character, however slowly. God's words are actually life-giving words.
In this way, I can identify with the words of a lonely, galilean fisherman: "Lord, to whom shall we go? You alone have the words of eternal life." -Simon Peter - ( john 6:68)
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I found this to be an interesting article about listening to God's voice rather than other voices (from hebrew4christians.com), which got me thinking again about that Jason Upton quote I heard earlier this week.
Shavua Tov, y'all.
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