Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Shalom,

I want to share a portion of today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers. The language is a little dated, but i am confident that you will clearly understand! Here it is:

Just because I have listened carefully and intently to one thing from God does not mean that I will listen to everything He says. I show God my lack of love and respect for Him by the insensitivity of my heart and mind toward what He says. If I love my friend, I will instinctively understand what he wants. And Jesus said, “You are My friends . . .” (John 15:14). Have I disobeyed some command of my Lord’s this week? If I had realized that it was a command of Jesus, I would not have deliberately disobeyed it. But most of us show incredible disrespect to God because we don’t even hear Him. He might as well never have spoken to us.
The goal of my spiritual life is such close identification with Jesus Christ that I will always hear God and know that God always hears me (see John 11:41). ...... What hinders me from hearing is my attention to other things. It is not that I don’t want to hear God, but I am not devoted in the right areas of my life. I am devoted to things and even to service and my own convictions. God may say whatever He wants, but I just don’t hear Him. The attitude of a child of God should always be, “Speak, for Your servant hears.” If I have not developed and nurtured this devotion of hearing, I can only hear God’s voice at certain times. At other times I become deaf to Him because my attention is to other things— things which I think I must do. This is not living the life of a child of God. Have you heard God’s voice today?
Remember that the Word of God says THIS in John 10:27:
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: KJV
 Here is that same verse from the Amplified Bible:
27 The sheep that are My own hear and are listening to My voice; and I know them, and they follow Me. AMP

Paul said in Philippians 3:10 that he had made it his determined purpose to KNOW the Lord Jesus! As you get to KNOW Him, His voice will become the most easily recognizable voice in your life! THEN you can be led moment by moment and day by day according to His perfect will and perfect plan for YOU! Amen! Here is Hillsong with "I Live To Know You":



Standing in our presence,
Lord, my heart and life are changed.
Just to love You and to live to
See Your beauty and Your grace.

Heaven and earth cry out Your name,
Nations rise up and seek Your face,
And Your Kingdom is established,
As I live to know You more.
Now I will never be the same,
Spirit of God, my life You've changed,
And I'll forever sing- Your praise,
I live to know You, Lord.
I live to know You, Lord.

You've called me, I will follow,
Your will for me I'm sure.
Let your heart beat feel my heart's cry
Let me live to serve your call.

Heaven and earth cry out Your name,
Nations rise up and seek Your face,
And Your Kingdom is established,
As I live to know You more.
Now I will never be the same,
Spirit of God, my life You've changed,
And I'll forever sing Your praise,
I live to know You, Lord.
I live to know You, Lord. 

Heaven and earth cry out Your name,
Nations rise up and seek Your face,
And Your Kingdom is established,
As I live to know You more.
Now I will never be the same,
Spirit of God, my life You've changed,
And I'll forever sing Your praise,
I live to know You, Lord.
I live to know You, Lord.

Now I will never be the same,
Spirit of God, my life You've changed,
And I'll forever sing Your praise,
I live to know You, Lord.
I live to know You, Lord.
I live to know You, Lord.
I live to know You, Lord

Shalom in Him!