Good Morning All!
Proverbs 4:20-22; “My son, be attentive to my words; incline your
ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your
heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their
flesh”
The wisdom of your father or grandfather. Often,
we fail to heed it. It is just one of those things where we often must make the
mistakes which we are warned about. We sometimes must learn the hard way. Some
lessons we learn early on in a painful manner, like licking a frozen metal handrail.
Some we learn a little later like when we are told to always do our best. On
that occasion when we do not, we tend to remember the sting of not trying.
Some advice, if unheeded, can be very
painful. The failure to follow the care in selecting a spouse, a profession, or
other personal choices can be very painful, as we are reminded that Father does
know best.
We
find that in our lives one of our greatest weaknesses is that we fail to truly
listen to what the other person is saying. It seems that the closer the person
is related to us the more difficult the listening becomes. We often hear the
first and maybe even the second word before we either tune them out or begin to
formulate our response. When it comes to some of our most important
relationships, we have we seem to listen the least.
Yet it is listening that we must do the
most. This is because, first and foremost, God’s Word for us is spoken as all
words are spoken. We must listen to the
Word spoken. God speaks to us, and we must listen; not just to the first or
second word but to the whole message. We need to give it our full attention and
hear God’s entire message.
God’s entire message for us is found in
Jesus. His sacrifice on the cross speaks all of God’s love for us. God’s
message to you is that he truly loves you, wants to save you, bring you into
his family and return you to the loving relationship which God created us for. This
is why his words have healing and give us life. His Word is life for us. It
brings us back from being dead in sin to being alive in Christ.
We keep God’s Word in our heart cherishing
it, holding it close as the words of comfort, the words of hope, as the message
of our only hope to salvation. We hear God’s Word, we revel in the Word, and we
feast in the Word. God’s Word provides for us the sustenance for our soul and
our spirit. Our hope is in the Word, but we must hear it. We must not let the
noise of this world, its sin and corruption, drown out the Word. God’s Word to
us is life be sure to hear it.
Dear Father, too often
we fail to hear your wonderful Word of life and salvation. We are left with the
world’s noise and confusion. Give us strength and wisdom to follow your Word
and to trust in our salvation through you. Be with those who are especially in
need of your Spirit of comfort and peace. Bring rest into their life this day. In
Jesus’ precious name we pray, amen.
God’s Peace,
Pastor Bret
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