A friend was giving me an experience with God that I
thought can be very instructive for us.
He was in very dire straits and was therefore praying
unceasingly, all the time enumerating his challenges and the need for God to
get him through them. Aren't we all like that when badly pressed?
He literally heard a voice.
‘Shut up!’
Then God went on to tell him this,
‘I know you. I know everything about you. I know your needs
and wants. I know your desires. I do not need you to tell me anything. Will you
just listen as I want to speak to you?’
I remembered a verse talking about the sacrifice of fools
just because they come to God to talk instead of listening to Him.
Why do we pray? What is the purpose of our praying? What do
we achieve by praying?
Think about prayer meetings. How much time is dedicated to
hearing from God as opposed to pouring our words to Him? What is the nature of
that listening (if it is there at all)?
Could we be spending all our prayer time telling God things
instead of listening to Him?
Is God more interested in hearing our voice than in leading
us by His voice?
As God’s sheep, we are supposed to listen as opposed to
speaking. And I am speaking as someone who has shepherded sheep.
My sheep hear My voice, I know them and they follow Me.
That is Christ the Shepherd speaking.
As opposed to goats, sheep walk close to the shepherd and
follow his leading. Goats make a lot of noise and will never listen to anyone.
Will you allow God to shut you up?
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