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My phone’s GPS rerouted me around some construction delays. Grateful to not have to sit in additional traffic, I marveled at the days when I printed out a step-by-step map ahead of time, subject to whatever obstacles I’d find along the way. Or the spiral bound map books in large cities that continued on non-consecutive pages. And before my own driving days, we relied on the big atlas maps that didn’t fit in the glove compartment.
We’ve come a long way from outdated printed maps. Some cars now come with a built-in GPS system, which is a mute point in some places in Latin America where a point of reference is more accurate than a physical address.
Without making any gender generalities, there are those who will stop and ask for directions, and those who will stubbornly insist that they know where they are going.
And while some of you would now like to point your finger at a man in your life who refuses to ask for directions, I invite you to carry the application over to our spiritual journey...
We have no cosmic GPS directing our path with a booming voice or British accent. Nor are we subject to the whims of a puppeteer who determines our every movement.
We would be foolish to follow blind guides (Matt. 23) or guides who were unfamiliar with the path to be traveled.
Rather, God, in His infinite wisdom, has provided us with His Word and His Spirit as guides that we can choose to follow or not.
John 16:13 refers to the Holy Spirit as the one to guide us into all truth. And who better to guide us than our loving, all-knowing Father and Creator?
We may prefer a detailed roadmap, but just as I trust the GPS on my phone to reroute me when there is trouble ahead, I must stay in tune with the GHS (Guidance of the Holy Spirit) to direct my steps to the Father.
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“So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.” (Rom. 10:17) And is there any better source for wisdom?
God longs for us to hear His words of wisdom, shared out of love, through His Word. He speaks to us as the Good Shepherd, Creator, Father, Son, Spirit, and through the five senses... but are we listening?
Amid the noisy world we live in, listening has become a lost art. We know that “anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand” (NLT). But how should we listen? What is God saying?
We may not hear from a burning bush like Moses, but we can hear His voice through His Word, through nature, through Christian brothers and sisters, even through silence...
But again, the question we must ask ourselves is, “Are we listening?”
Called to Listen: Forty Days of Devotion is an invitation to personal devotion through forty days of Daily Listening Exercises, and to six weeks of small group discussion through the Weekly Reflections.
We are equipping ourselves to listen to God and listen to others, growing in wisdom as we do so. Thank you for joining us in devotion to listening!
I am so excited that this resource is now available in both English and Spanish! Order your copy today and invite a friend to listen with you.