Deuteronomy 9-10, Luke 8:4-21, Psalms 69:19-36, Proverbs 12:2-3
What God said to me – There is an old saying that you were given two ears and one mouth because you need to listen twice as much as you speak. My word says to be quick to hear and slow to speak. It also says to take care how you listen. Listening is important but it takes effort and focus to get your mind off of yourself so you can hear someone else. When it comes to hearing from Me, it also takes a relationship with Me because spiritual things are spiritually discerned. I speak to My children through My word as you spend time in it and My Spirit teaches you. You don’t hear from Me when you let worries and riches and pleasures of this life choke out My word because your focus is on things and circumstances rather than on Me and My word. Everyone has been in a situation one time or another where someone told you something and you didn’t “hear” it even though you should have heard it, but your mind was on other things so you tuned them out – selective hearing if you will. If you are not hearing from Me, it might be because your mind is so set on earthly things that you are tuning Me out. Set your minds on things above and seek Me, then you will hear from Me.