WHO am I hearing?

Today has been an interesting day to say the least! I’ve been working on an outline, doing some research, studying, talking to God, and talking to my mom. The Lord has still been talking to me about hearing. I was talking to God and I saw a tape recorder sitting in the middle of a large room. It was recording every voice in the room and when it was played back all I could hear was noise. The Lord said, “Too many voices.” If I placed a tape recorder in an auditorium full of people and recorded all the voices, it would be pretty much impossible to single out one voice. Many of us are doing exactly that, we are taking in many different voices and playing them back trying to figure out which one sounds like God! God is saying. “Seek me, directly”. Put your recorder directly under God’s mouth, and hear what He has to say. I ran across an article a couple of weeks ago, that said that many New Yorkers are going deaf because of the noise of the subways. There are so many voices talking in the subway that the noise levels exceed the level that is safe for the human. Daily exposure to those levels can lead to deafness. Listening to too many voices for too long can damage your hearing! Too many voices (opinions) can hinder us from hearing God effectively! I encourage everyone to seek God’s voice primarily…

Love ya 4 real ~rach

Add a comment January 30, 2008

Can you hear me now?

Hi everybody! It’s been a while since I wrote, I’ve been super busy lately and really haven’t had the time to just sit still and write anything. I have A LOT more time on my hands now so I’ll probably be writing more often. This week the Lord has been speaking to me about hearing His voice. He brought me back to when I was a teenager taking voice lessons. We have private lessons and then a group session. I always dreaded the group session because our instructor would not let us finish a song until every single not was correct. I always ended up sitting next to the same girl. She had a beautiful voice but she was slightly tone deaf. She would be CONVINCED she was on the right note but she was always a little bit off. Many of us dismissed her, we thought “If she can’t hear the note, she just can’t hear it”! That was the wrong attitude to have. I read this somewhere: “Tone deafness is does not refer to a problem with the ears, but to a lack of training.” This relates to the Body of Christ because many of us hear God’s voice we just can’t get in tune with it. We think we are following God’s voice then we realize He is one place and we’re somewhere else. We can suffer from spiritual tone deafness. The good news is tone deafness can be corrected with training! In this season God is calling us to sharpen our hearing skills. Get in His Word and learn how He sounds. If a stranger calls you on the phone you won’t recognize their voice because you never talk to them. When someone you talk to everyday calls, after one word you know who they are. We have to be the same way with God. We won’t be able to accurately identify His voice if we only talk to Him and read His Word every now and then. So I encourage (not matter how often you communicate with God) find time to do it MORE! Love ya 4 real! ~rach

Add a comment January 28, 2008