Are You Allowing Life and The Things In Life To Cause You To Become Desensitized To Things Of God?

The Bible says if we are "willing and obedient" we shall eat the good of the land.   It says, blessed is the man who "trusteth" in the Lord and who "puts his hope" in Him.    It tells us to "commit" our way unto God so that He can establish our plans.    God is talking.   He is telling us what to do.   He is telling us to be willing.   He is telling us to be obedient.   He is telling us to trust in Him and to put our hope in Him.    He is telling us to commit to Him.   Are you listening?   Are you obeying?  Or are you worrying and doubting?   It's up to us.   It's a matter of our will.   We have to choose to obey, trust, have hope, and to commit to God.

God is always talking to us.   Whether it be through His Word, through people, or through our Spirit.  The question is, are we "really" listening?   The word really is defined as genuinely or truly.   So the question is, are we genuinely and truly listening to what God is telling us to do?   Not only that, do we truly believe His Word is true?   If we are listening to Him and if we truly believe in Him, we will do our best to try to obey Him.    

Think about when you go to train for a job.   Think about how you listen intently to what you are learning to do.    Think about how  you take notes and how you ask questions and how you sometimes get upset when you don't get it right.    Now ask yourself are you doing the same thing in life with God.    Are you listening to what He is telling you to do?    Are you learning more of Him and asking Him to give you a greater understanding concerning the things you are encountering in life?   Does it affect you when you mess up or have you become desensitized to sin?    When you are desensitized, you are less sensitive to the things of God.   You fail to recognize that you are God's temple and your life belongs to Him.   So you consistently allow your life to be used for a purpose other than God's plan.   Understand, God did not purpose us to sin.  We choose to sin.   

We have to learn how to be still and to discern the voice of God.   The greatest way to recognize His voice is to know His Word.   God will never tell us to do anything that is not in line with His Word.   His Word is His instruction book that He has given us.   It contains the guidelines and examples so that we can know who He is, how we are to live, what He will do for us, and what our final outcome will be if we follow Him and His Word.   

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

John 10:4
King James Version (KJV)
And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice

WORSHIP FOR TODAY 

"I Will Follow"

Ministered By Chris Tomlin

REFERENCE/CITATION:   Chris Tomlin - I Will Follow. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ohvhmGSfxI