**Sit quietly, eyes closed and in silence for one minute before reading.**
As
I read the story of Mary and the announcement of the virgin birth in Luke I am
continually struck by Mary’s inner life. Repeatedly in the first chapters of
Luke the gospel writer says that she treasured and pondered the words and works
of God in her heart.
I want to be one who attends to God, hears Him and treasures what He says and
ponders it. In order to be that a few things need to take place:
Slowing down
Quiet
Paying attention
Listening
Waiting
Trusting
How about you? Can you hear what God is saying?
If so, do you treasure his words or are they equal with all other voices?
Do you meditate on those treasured words and let them sink deep?
As I seek to, I invite you to as well.
**Sit again in silence for as long as is available to you.**
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Friday, September 6, 2013
Friday, June 21, 2013
Paying Attention
**Sit quietly, eyes closed and in silence for one minute before reading.**
God often speaks and I miss it. I miss it because I am trying to fix something with my own strength. Sometimes I am working hard for God but in reality I just want to look good. When overwhelmed by life I depend on what I can see rather than trust God for what I cannot see. When I miss God it is often because I am paying more attention to myself than to Him.
Paying attention is a choice and it requires work. It requires more than I am willing to give and somewhere along the way I learned I could still “succeed” in life with partial attention. I can make it “okay” without too much attention on God.
Yet God calls for our attention. And even when I miss it He calls out to us again. In His grace, He repeats Himself. I am so grateful for the repetition!
He repeats Himself and I finally hear it, I have paid attention.
How about you? Is God trying to tell you something? Have you been paying attention? What can you do today to attune yourself to God’s voice?
**Sit again in silence for as long as is available to you.**
“The Lord spoke to Manasseh and
to his people, but they paid no attention.” 2 Chronicles 33:10
One of my greatest fears is not
paying attention when God speaks. Yet I do it all the time. This Scripture
verse hit me a few days ago as I read it. It saddened me greatly and it
convicted me all the same.God often speaks and I miss it. I miss it because I am trying to fix something with my own strength. Sometimes I am working hard for God but in reality I just want to look good. When overwhelmed by life I depend on what I can see rather than trust God for what I cannot see. When I miss God it is often because I am paying more attention to myself than to Him.
Paying attention is a choice and it requires work. It requires more than I am willing to give and somewhere along the way I learned I could still “succeed” in life with partial attention. I can make it “okay” without too much attention on God.
Yet God calls for our attention. And even when I miss it He calls out to us again. In His grace, He repeats Himself. I am so grateful for the repetition!
He repeats Himself and I finally hear it, I have paid attention.
How about you? Is God trying to tell you something? Have you been paying attention? What can you do today to attune yourself to God’s voice?
**Sit again in silence for as long as is available to you.**
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