If we are to be effective witnesses for our Lord, it is imperative that we spend time each day at His feet listening to His voice. There are many today who are ambitious to preach, who have never developed this habit of listening to Gods voice daily. The result is a sad paucity of the word of the Lord and a sickening abundance of mans words. Of how very few of todays preachers can it be said that the word of the Lord is with him (2 Kings 3:12). Yet this was the distinguishing mark of every true servant of God in the Bible. No man has the right to speak to other men about God, who has not first spent time listening to what God Himself says - and this refers to private witnessing as well as to public preaching. It is written of Moses that he went in before the Lord and then came out and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded (Exod. 34:34). Joshua was told that his life would be a success only if he meditated on Gods Word daily (Josh. 1:8). Samuel is another classic example of one who patiently waited to hear God speak, and then spoke to the people. The result was that the Lord “allowed no single word of his to fall to the ground” (1 Sam. 3:19). In a prophetic reference to the Lord Jesus in Isaiah 50:4, it is said of Him that morning by morning God spoke to Him, for His ears were disciplined to hear His Fathers voice. The result was, as the same verse tells us, that Jesus had a ready word for all who came to Him, according to their need. He was truly the Fathers perfect mouthpiece. If this habit of listening to Gods voice daily was necessary for Jesus Himself, then how much more is it so for us. We shall never be able to minister adequately to those in need if we fail here. It is only when we learn to hear as a disciple that we shall have the tongue of a disciple. Unfortunately, many who should have been teaching others by now are still spiritual babes, because they have either ignored or neglected this one thing. Zac Poonen
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 11:15:41 +0000
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