So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. ~Romans 10:17This picture has me thinking about the different things i listen to...and I am not only talking about music (although music can have a huge effect in a person's life.) We all hear many words, voices, sounds, and things everyday. It doesn't have to be making sound for us to hear it. Right now I am sitting at the table in my kitchen and all I hear is the dishwasher running lol.But i am totally not listening to it, I am tryin' to zone it out ;)
What we listen to is what we will then think about... I heard a message last year about listening to the wrong voices....the preacher who preached this message said "if we listen to the wrong voices we will make the wrong choices." #wisewords! I totally agree with that. My greatest desire is to obey God and do what he wants me to do, so I must make sure I am not listening to the wrong voices. This wicked world is full of soo many voices and none of them point to God. I am one of those people who I feel like I need to talk to someone about troubles or worries etc. but I sometimes fail to remember the only person I really need to talk to is God! He is the greatest counselor and his advice is always right! Listen to HIM! Other people you talk with or articles you look up on google (yes i do this lol) to answer your question are not always the best advice. I used to love looking at magazines to help me know the latests trends or how to tell if my crush really likes me or not (lol) etc. but I try to stay far away from those now! All because if I read it I know i will "listen" to it and then do what the magazine article says. The things we let enter our mind can control us if we are not careful! That is why we should only listen to the Bible. Make those other voices, sounds, influences, and words just be noise...you can hear it just don't listen to it! There is a big difference between hearing and listening.
I looked up the defintion of "listen." Listen means to pay attention; heed to. It also means to make an effort to hear something. Heed means to regard, take notice of, to attend to, or to observe. It is very important that we pay close attention to what the Bible says and then do it! If we aren't listening to the Lord and what he says then we can not obey him.
My moma put the picture above on her facebook earlier today and I thought I should share it here on my blog. His word is an essential part of a Christians life! I LOVE my King James Bible and thank the Lord for the freedom to have and read his word. Without the word we would have no hope!
*Make sure you are listening to the right things! Listen to HIM, he will never lead you the wrong way! :))
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