Oh-oh.

"'Whoever is from God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear them is that you are not from God.’" - Jesus (John 8:47)

Dear Friends in Christ -

Heard the voice of God lately? If not . . . oh-oh. Perhaps the problem is the same one the Pharisees were having almost 2000 years ago. Jesus tells the Pharisees straight up that the reason they don't hear the word of God is that they're "not from God."

How is it that people seeking so hard after God that they became religious leaders, people "made in the image of God", could end up "not from God"?

Somewhere deep inside me a voice replies . . .
"Inch by inch
day by day
slipped a little
off the path
and lost my way."

There are so many destructions (oops - I meant to type distractions - or did I?) all around. Right things can turn out wrong, good things can turn out bad if they're set in incorrect framework, lived out of proportion. And then it's as if someone put earplugs in for us when we weren't looking, and . . . silence. It's as if God isn't speaking anymore.

Oh-oh.

God is always speaking. So if we can't hear Him, the problem is with us, in us. The way to get the cotton out of our ears? Do something we know God has been telling us to do. Any little thing, any bit of faithfulness will start the process.

Though we're sometimes afraid to hear God, it's GOOD to hear his voice. And the absence of it: deadly.

Faithfully striving to hear,
Janet+