June 4 Devotion - Listening for God's Voice

‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’

  لَيْسَ بِالْخُبْزِ وَحْدَهُ يَحْيَا الإِنْسَانُ، بَلْ بِكُلِّ كَلِمَةٍ تَخْرُجُ مِنْ فَمِ اللهِ

Matthew 4:4

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Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.

هَا أَنَا وَاقِفٌ خَارِجَ الْبَابِ أَقْرَعُهُ. إِنْ سَمِعَ أَحَدٌ صَوْتِي وَفَتَحَ الْبَابَ، أَدْخُلُ إِلَيْهِ فَأَتَعَشَّى مَعَهُ وَهُوَ مَعِي

Revelation 3:20

We learn from Jesus’ actions. Jesus would go alone away from His disciples and spend time in seclusion with The Father. We also learn it from His teachings. In teaching the disciples how to pray, Jesus told them to go into their rooms and close the door behind them. He knew that it was vital to take a break from the demands of life and spend time alone praying in order to truly commune with The Father. We need to listen for Jesus’ voice and open the doors of our hearts to let Him in.

The world works against this need. We are captive to mobile phones, e-mails, social media and other technological advances which have brought us the blessing—and the curse—of constant communication.

At some point every day we need to turn off the TV, mobile phone, and computer, and simply listen for God’s voice. Our schedules will not surrender time easily however we need to put first things first, schedule our priorities and create a daily block of time for the Lord.

‘The secret of Listening to God ....Silence is the secret…..

Silence your body to listen to your words, silence your tongue to listen to your thoughts,

Silence your thoughts to listen to your heart beating,

Silence the sound of you heart beating to listen to your spirit, silence your spirit and listen to God's Spirit.

In silence we leave many and be with The One.’  

Mama Maggie

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, help me today and every day to set time aside to pray to You, commune with You and hear Your voice. Teach me Lord to make this a priority over the countless voices demanding my attention. Lord You are my teacher and guide, help me to stop, pray, listen, and hear Your voice distinctively today and every day. In Jesus’ mighty name I pray. To Him be the power, the glory and the dominion forever and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Jesus loves you,

In Him,

Wagdi Henein