Thursday... Is anybody listening?

Thursday... Is anybody listening? We all make so many excuses don't we? We want to listen but it is difficult sometimes with so much going on all around us. I mean, what they are saying on the TV is very important. Or, I have to finish my work. But you are talking all the time. Is anybody listening?

We even say like David it Psalm 4:1 (NLT), "Answer me when I call to you, O God who declares me innocent. Free me from my troubles. Have mercy on me and hear my prayer." And we wonder, is God listening?

I caught this as I was reading this morning in Psalm 4 verse 3 (MSG), "Look at this: look who got picked by God! He listens the split second I call to him." Wow, he does? Is that true. He really does care, doesn't he? He listens to me!

He not only listens but he answers. Psalm 65:5 (NLT) says, "You faithfully answer our prayers with awesome deeds, O God our savior."

Back in 2 Samuel 22:26-30, David also said, "To the faithful you show yourself faithful; to those with integrity you show integrity. To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd. You rescue the humble, but your eyes watch the proud and humiliate them. O Lord, you are my lamp. The Lord lights up my darkness. In your strength I can crush an army; with my God I can scale any wall."

Yes he listens to us but we must also listen to him and follow him. Verse 31, "God's way is perfect. All God's promises prove true. He is a shield for all who look to him for protections."

Psalm 4:8, "In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone will keep me safe." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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