Morning by Morning, December 1 - Ears to Hear and a Heart to Trust and Obey Good morning, Lord Jesus. Awaken my heart to align with Your Spirit, as I wait for You and listen for Your leading, for the sons and daughters of God are led by the Spirit of God (Romans 8:14). ... “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches” (Revelation 3:13). Those are not words chiseled in stone of Old Testament Law, but Words of Spirit and Life and Truth spoken from Your mouth in New Testament grace--the grace of God to lead us into the fullness of life we have in You. You’ve given us spiritual ears to hear. You’ve given us the capacity and the freedom to turn to You in our hearts, to listen for You from our spirits, to follow You in our obedience. And at the same time, You’ve given us the capacity and the freedom to “turn a deaf ear” to You, to harden our hearts toward You, to refuse to listen and refuse to obey. You set before us life and death, obedience and rebellion, yielding to Your control or insisting on our own, trusting Your Lordship over our lives or demanding our own lordship over our lives. There are consequences for our choices. When we choose the way of pride, the way of insisting on our own way, in our own power, in our own wisdom, You’ll allow us to make those choices. When we close our ears to hear and stiffen our necks to resist, saying in our hearts, “I’m going to do what I want do; and I don’t care what You say to do,” our pride is resisting Your grace and we’re choosing the path of depending upon ourselves instead of trusting in You. And then we suffer the consequences of this spiritual principle of the Kingdom of God: “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6). Our pride resists Your grace where we need it the most. Our pride wants to rise up and take the place of lordship when there’s only room for one Lord on the throne of our lives. Lord, give me a more humble heart. Give me ears to hear and a heart to trust and obey, as I seek You and desire to follow Your leading and walk in Your ways--as best as I can and all by Your grace. Then I can join in the joy of this spiritual principle of the Kingdom of God: “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up” (James 4:10). Lift up my spirit into Your embrace. Lift up my heart to hear what Your Spirit is saying to Your church, what Your Spirit is saying to me. With my ear ready to hear, let me hear Your voice, speaking Your word, saying, “This is the way, walk in it” (Isaiah 30:21). For I am a child of God, ready to be led by the Spirit of God--right now and throughout every moment of my day (Romans 8:14). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you be led by the Spirit of God with open ears to the voice of God, as you trust and obey in the fullness of His grace, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!
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