Listening to God

Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you.

My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.

Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.

Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.

Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.

In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,