DO WE HEAR HIS VOICE

“OUT of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.  Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.  If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?  But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.  I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.”

Psalm 130:1-5 KJV

We want God to hear our voice when we pray but do we hear His voice when He asks us to do something for Him?  If we will listen with our heart, we will hear God asking us to serve His Son.  Are we serving Jesus?  If we are serving Him, do we serve Him all the time or just when it is convenient for us?

I don’t think it was convenient for Jesus to leave His Father, His home and all that He had to come to earth and die on the cross for our sins.  However, Jesus willingly came to earth because He wanted to fulfill the mission His Father had given Him.  Jesus left everything He had because He loves us.

We say that we love Jesus but what are we doing to prove to Him that we love Him?  Are we willing to shut off the television, get out of our comfort zone and spread the unconditional love of Jesus to everyone we meet?  There are many people who are hurting and are discouraged and brokenhearted.

Joyce Landorf Heatherley, a Christian speaker and author, said on one of her teaching tapes that the people we sit next to in church look fine and darling but inside they are hurting.  May God help us to love people unconditionally as Jesus has told us to do and also be an encouragement to one another.

Joanne Lowe

June 23, 2015