"But Amaziah would not listen." ~ 2 Kings 14:11a
This is usually how it goes when we think more highly of our own perspective instead of being open to how God is using the people and circumstances around us to lead us according to His ways. We struggle to listen, or at least to listen WITH DISCERNMENT (with a sense of understanding and willingness to be humble and teachable). For Amaziah and the people of Judah, not heeding the direction of God led to military defeat and loss of the gold and silver of the national treasury.
What about in our day?
What does not heeding the shouts/cries/whispers of God lead to?
How about a lack of love?
Or a failure to hear adequately and understand the gentle whisper of God?
Or a decision not to live in a proper relationship with the One True God?
These all lead to a "less than" life that strives to focus on "me-ism" to be better or try harder or do more or ...
But what they cannot lead to is full surrender to the Christ, the Only One Whose blood cries out to God and makes the only perfect sacrifice for sin.
Listen to God.
He is calling to you.
He is calling you home.
He is leading you to His heart.
Listening to God's gentle whispers (and loud shouts) and praying the same for you,
~ Pastor Sean and Tess
PS - Come join us this Saturday for our "Feed the Hungry" outreach. It just might change a life for God's Kingdom purpose.