HEARING FROM GOD

I am in the process of tearing down an old house.

Yesterday one of my great grand sons wanted to

help me.  That of course means he wants to take

a hammer and bust up everything he could.

The boy is only six years old and he had his mouth

turned on.  You have been around people like that.

I noticed that even when I was gone from the house

and on another part of the property, he was still 

talking to me.

There must be a lesson in that.

Someone once said,

"You cannot learn anything while you are talking."

You have seen that happen.  When their mouth is

turned on, you cannot tell them anything.

A lot of us want to hear from God.  But are we

willing to listen?  Or is our mouth just turned on?

A.C. Valdez in his book "Fire on Azusa Street"

when talking about hearing from God said;

"Before that, it had been hard for me to hear Him,

because I was doing all of the talking and none

of the listening."

Jesus himself when talking to a group of people

said;

"Anyone with ears to hear should listen

and understand!"  

(Matthew 11:15 NLT)

I do not know about you, but more than likely

I spend too much of my day rattling off a bunch

of request to God, but not taking the time to just

be with him and listen.