Oh that today you hear His Voice

Psalm 95:7 "Oh that today you would hear his voice."   


 I like that.  Not if.  Today.  I'm sure we heard His voice more than once.  But did we listen to what He was saying to us?  In Luke's Gospel is tells us (vs 23) "whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters." It is amazing how some things are so clear and then others are very hard to understand.  I think we have to make an effort to understand, but again it is not our purpose to know all.  God knows all.  We just have to trust Him. I know how hard it is to trust those we know and love.  I thought for a moment that it was harder to trust God, but if I look at my life and all the good things that have happened, I'm reassured that He is our Savior because I'm reminded daily by good things people do.

That leads me into today's scripture:

Mark 12:30  I asked Aidan if he recognized this verse.  I believe most if not all Christians know this one by heart, but to say that I knew it was Mark 12:30, would be a lie.  "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul with all your mind and with all your strength."    I know how much I love my family and my nephews/godchildren...it's a lot.  So loving the Lord with ALL of our heart, soul, mind and strength is beyond comprehension.  So then to take that and think that God's love for us in return is far grander, well I'm just can't even fathom how much that is.  WOW!  I mean seriously....WOW.  The devotion today asks to you consider something similar to what I just mentioned.  I know that when Carey is upset with me, which thankfully is a rare thing, it it painful.  I miss him when he's away and I truly long to be with him as often as I can.  I love him that much.  Shame to say, but I'm complete with him in my life.  Same goes for the relationship God calls us to have with Him.  We should hurt when we're in sin and separated from Him, but feel whole and complete and in true graceful happiness.  Life is bliss when God is present, it really is and those time when we experience Him as completely as humanly possible, well anything and everything is possible.  The sky is truly the limit.

We just need to spend time silently listening for Him, so we can hear his voice.