give me a God-listening heart
Jesus resumed talking to the people, but now tenderly. “The Father has given me all these things to do and say. This is a unique Father-Son operation, coming out of Father and Son intimacies and knowledge. No one knows the Son the way the Father does, nor the Father the way the Son does. But I’m not keeping it to myself; I’m ready to go over it line by line with anyone willing to listen.
Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”
Today, God reminded me to be a person who listens, a person who’s willing to wait on the Lord. Sometimes I get so caught up with giving that I forget—that the daily Christian life can be summed up in one word: receive (Watchman Nee).
I’m a bit of a rusher. And I think that’s how God created me, and He made me the way I am. But at the same time, God has been teaching me to listen, to wait, and to receive. ’Cos when I rush, I forget to do these things.
And sometimes it can be good things, like giving God my love and devotion and praise—but in the midst of that, I forget to simply receive.
At W555 Powerhouse today, God revealed my heart to me, and asked me, Phine, when’s the last time you just listened? And He reminded me that He’s placed in me a God-listening heart—so that I may wait, listen, and receive.
Don’t rush into things, Phine Phine. Wait, listen, receive. Cos there’s so much more than God has to pour into my life, and it would be such a pity if I missed out on all the good because I was too busy focusing on just giving.