IT NOT ENOUGH TO HEAR GOD- UNDERSTAND HIS WORD

SOLEMN WHISPER DEVOTIONAL

Sunday, 31st May 2020.

IT NOT ENOUGH TO HEAR GOD- UNDERSTAND HIS WORD

( Dan 12:8, Prov 19:2)

MEMORY VERSE: "Willingness and stupidity don't go well together. If you are too eager, you will miss the road."

(Proverbs 19:2-CEV)

Today is Pentecost Sunday, a day we reflect on the fulfillment of the promise of the Holy Spirit. After the Ascension the apostles were powerless, hopeless, and vulnerable, and so waited patiently for the one who will give them power to understand all of God's word.

They walked with Christ, heard his teaching and were willing to carry out the great commission, but they also knew it was not something to just rush into so they waited for the power to understand and teach the word.

That power is the Holy Spirit.

Most often we are only eager to hear but reluctant to understand what God is saying to us. it's one thing to hear is another to understand, when we only hear we carry out the instructions wrongly.

Yes one might be willing but the memory verse says it's not just enough, there must be understanding and not just assumptions.

To understand is to:

1. Know the thoughts of God. This we can't without the holy Spirit. 1Cor2:11.

2. Wait patiently, Acts 1:4. The extent of your vulnerability is what determines your longing for knowledge. A hungry teen home alone will find something to eat, but a hungry toddler cannot but will wait for the mother.

3. Pray. Prayer is cultivating friendship with God. When the disciples came to realize that prayer was Jesus source of inspiration they said to him "teach us to pray". There's a difference between having the spirit of Prayer and habit of Prayer.

4. Ask. In Dan 12: 8 we see the Prophet Daniel being perplexed abt what he had jst heard from the angel and hence he asked for clarification.

Finally Hearing from God could engender a lot of enthusiasm on our part but if we fail to comprehend what He is saying to us we will most likely jump the gun or act hastily(Prov19:2).

PRAYER Prayer: Lord I thank you for ur love and faithfulness towards me, pls grant me the grace to not only hear you but understand what u are telling me so that I can act in accordance with ur will in Jesus name. Amen

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