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Tuesday... Let's do it.


Psalm 95:7b (MSG), "Drop everything and listen, listen as he speaks."

Tuesday... Let's do it.

There is so much that goes through our mind and it isn't all for our good.

Now God's voice is not always the loudest. So what do we do to hear him because what he says is so. so important?


Psalm 95:7b (MSG) says, "Drop everything and listen, listen as he speaks." Yes, the drop everything is so important. There is so much that goes through our mind and as I said, it isn't all for our good. So this is a great piece of advice. "Drop everything and listen, listen as he speaks."

Now this statement is at the end of two important verses. Verses 6 -7b in the New Living Translation says, "Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker, for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care. If only we would listen to his voice today."

Yes, there are so many voices striving to get our attention and if only we would listen to his voice today. You see, God is our maker, he knows all about us. He is God, not a human who thinks they know it all. And we are his people. Again, WE ARE HIS PEOPLE!!!

Yes, I was made by God and I am one of his people. Now my kids will always be my kids but there comes a time when I am no more responsible for them. Oh they are in this world because of me and my wife but we at a point gave control and responsibility over to them. It is not always easy to not have an opinion but we are no longer responsible.

Now God also has given us over to ourselves but and this is a big but, "We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care. If only we would listen to his voice today." Yes we do have a choice in there. We can choose to not listen to him but that is not really the smart thing to do.

Of course, I may still want my kids to come to me for advice but I am not God and there is a big difference. Verses 3-5 (NIRV) says, "The LORD is the great God. He is the greatest King. He owns the deepest parts of the earth. The mountain peaks belong to him. The ocean is his, because he made it. He formed the dry land with his hands."

And then verses 6-7b, "Come, let us bow down and worship him. Let us fall on our knees in front of the LORD our Maker. He is our God. We are the sheep belonging to his flock. We are the people he takes good care of. If only you would listen to his voice today." That is a big if only that will make such a difference in our lives.

Now the Amplified Bible amplifies verse 6. It says, "Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker [in reverent praise and prayer]." Yes, yes!

The Message Paraphrase says verses 6-7b this way, "So come, let us worship, bow before him, on your knees before God, who made us! Oh yes, he's our God, and we are the people he pastures, the flock he feeds. Drop everything and listen, listen as he speaks."

That is so great! So let's do it! Let's, "Drop everything and listen, listen as he speaks." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

 


 

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