March Note
Listening to God
Listening to God requires a heart committed to understand His message. God often speaks to us in visual images. Consider the example of the prophet Habakkuk, in Habakkuk chapter 2. The prophet longed to hear from God! He was so determined that he was willing to stand and wait as long as it took. "I will stand on my guard post and station myself on the rampart; I will keep watch to see what he will speak to me, and how I may reply when I am reproved."(Habakkuk 2:1).
Habakkuk found that God was faithful. "Then the LORD answered me and said, 'Record the vision and inscribe it on tablets that the one who reads it may run. For the visions yet for the appointed time; it hastens toward the goal and it will not fail.. Though it tarries, wait for it; it will certainly come, it will not delay" (Habakkuk 2:2-3).
Listening to God requires a right attitude in our hearts. In order to listen to God and receive His instruction, we must want to do His will, much as Habakkuk did. God honours the heart that is fully surrendered to Him. If we are stubbornly clinging to our own desires, we are likely to get a garbled message that will not be God's voice at all. As a result, we will continue pursuing a path that is contrary to the one God has designed for our lives. When we listen to God and obey Him, we will discover a life that is full and rich with purpose, confident we are following the Master's plan.
Blessings,
Glenn Chambers
