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Listening To God by Seth Passfield

2/7/2011

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Monday afternoon I was walking across campus when I made some observations. My first observation was how nice it was outside. The sun was shining and it was a whopping 29 degrees outside. What made this afternoon much better than the others, the fact that the sun was out, and I could see clear blue sky.

Another observation I made while walking I was that campus was pretty quiet. There is a reason for this. It was only a few minutes after three in the afternoon, meaning most students were in class, or had gone home for the day.

I got to thinking, with the weather this nice, and the atmosphere this relaxing I should take advantage of it. I did jus that by spending some thinking and more importantly, some listening. I wasn’t listening to birds or squirrels, but rather listening to what God has to say.

You see part of being in a relationship with God is having a two way communication with him. It’s when we listen to what God wants; we start to see what his will for us is. All too often I tend to dominate the conversation with God, so it is nice to sit back and let him talk.

For the last week I have been a little distracted because of some events that happened with my family. In a conversation with a friend of mine, she reminded me that when you find yourself distracted and worried about something, the best cure is to grab your Bible and turn to God and his written word. That statement got me to thinking, when we pray or communicate with God, we should not let ourselves be the dominate talker, but rather be the submissive listener.

After just a few short minutes of listening to God, I felt refreshed and relaxed. It was relaxing to listen to just what God wanted to say. It felt good to just have that quiet time with God where I could focus on what he wants.

My encouragement for you is to find yourself a little quiet place and turn to scripture. While you are at that quiet place, take a moment to look around, and thank God. When you converse with God, be sure to listen, otherwise you may miss what he has planned for you. Then when you are done, see if you too feel relaxed and refreshed just from listening to what God has to say.

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