"The Gift of Hearing"

"But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it." Luke 11:28

Recently a question was presented to me about what I considered my greatest gift. When we think about the "gifts" that God has given us, we usually think about the ministry gifts, spiritual gifts or motivation gifts that are listed in the Bible. But as I pondered the question, the gift that I think is the greatest is not listed among these. For me personally it would be the "ability to hear what the Spirit is saying". Having the ability to hear God speak is a great gift.

The most repeated phrase used by Jesus was, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear". It is also the most repeated phrase in the whole Bible. Because it is repeated so many times means that this is something that is important to the Lord and He wants us to know. Hearing what the Spirit says is imperative to not only fulfilling the ministry in which the Lord has called you to but also to your spiritual well being. God reveals things to us in many ways, but the most common way is by speaking to us. How wonderful that the Lord will speak to us! He doesn't have to. He could have left us on our own to try to figure out what to do. He could have not spoken to us at all but just sent "signs" to convey what He wanted us to know.

I was recently reminded that sound is light that has been slowed down. We can't hear light because it travels too fast for our ears to hear. God is light and we could not hear Him with our spiritual ears had He not "slowed" down so we could. When Jesus, who is The Light, came to earth in human form, the Light was "slowed down" and we could now hear the voice of the Father. ("This is my beloved Son, hear Him."- Luke 9:35) Now the Spirit, the voice of God, has come to be here with us and dwell in us so that we can hear what the Lord is saying to us.

If God would put Himself on a level where we could hear what He is saying, it means that He wants to speak to us and us be able to hear Him. Again, I consider that a great gift. The result of having this gift- the ability to hear what the Spirit is saying- will be a fruitful life and knowing what the will of God is.

Have a great day. The ability to hear what the Lord is saying to us is a great gift that we should never take for granted.

For further reading:
Hebrews 1:2
John 1:5,7,14; 9:5

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