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Friday, December
14, 2007
Turn A Deaf Ear
John 9:31 Now we know that God heareth
not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him
he heareth. (KJV)
You know that thing about reaping what
you sow, with what measure you are willing to hear, is what is measured
back at you, it’s true. If you don’t like our Lord’s message of salvation,
and turn away and do your own thing, then the Lord doesn’t want to hear
your excuses for allowing sin in your life. God has done all that is needed
to bring you His plan of salvation and how to maintain a walk in the spirit
on a daily basis. And until you are willing and obedient to His plan He
will not listen to those that choose another path. However if one is a doer
of His word as well as a hearer, the line of communication is wide open to
those that worship Him in spirit and in truth.
John 11:41-44 Then they took away the
stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes,
and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. (42) And I knew
that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I
said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. (43) And when he
thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. (44) And
he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his
face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and
let him go. (KJV)
How would you like to have this
confidence and boldness to know that God does always hear your prayer, and
then be able to expect His results as well? The words that we speak should
always be life, and bring new life to those around us as well; resurrecting
those areas in our walk that have bound us up and left us for dead also.
The word of God is living and powerful and able to remove the stony heart
from the dead, and give them a new life with a heart that is able to
receive the things of God. Sometimes however the heart becomes hardened
again and calloused to the voice of God, and we end up dead in our sins and
trespasses because we don’t always like and agree with what God is asking
of us.
2 Peter 3:3-6 Knowing this first, that
there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, (4)
And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell
asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the
creation. (5) For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of
God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in
the water: (6) Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with
water, perished: (KJV)
When you are willingly ignorant and
choose to ignore God, did you realize that He does the same in return? God
warned the people back in the time of Noah, and was longsuffering enough to
give them one hundred and twenty years time before he brought the flood
upon them. Today we have many scoffers who stand in the pulpits and claim
to be of God, who tickle the ears and preach doctrines based on blessings
without any concern for consequences or personal responsibility of the
believer. As long as people attend certain organizations and follow
guidelines and standards which are beneficial only to the leaders and not
the congregation, they will find that these self-serving doctrines of man
which look good and sound good to the outward man, are nothing more than an
abomination to God and they will be ignored by Him until they choose to
follow His path.
Proverbs 28:9 He that turneth away his
ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. (KJV)
Have things seemed stale in your life at
times? Does it seem like you are in a holding pattern, ready to move
forward but stuck in the mud? Are you like Lazarus, all bound up and things
that were once alive in your walk now seem dead? Basically your life
stinks. Do you have confidence in your prayers, knowing and not just hoping
or guessing the Lord hears you? Some think that God is holding back on
them, or that He plays favorites, when the reality is that He is ready,
willing and more than able to respond to those that are willing to respond
to Him; doing the walk as well as the talk.
Proverbs 28:13 He that covereth his sins
shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have
mercy. (KJV)
Think of it this way, as long as you
cover your ears and are not willing to listen, neither will God listen to
you. God has a path of life for you to walk on which He ordained for you
before the foundation of the world, and will only fellowship with those
that are willing to walk with Him on this path. He will not alter and
change His plan for anyone, especially the creation that thinks it knows
better than the Creator.
Isaiah 59:1-2 Behold, the LORD's hand is
not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot
hear: (2) But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and
your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. (KJV)
What if you were out at sea in a boat and
fell overboard, and someone threw you a life preserver, but you chose to
ignore it because it wasn’t a color you liked. People get that way with
God; the way of escape is always available, the opportunity for salvation
is always there, but they don’t like the answer they received, or are not
willing to do what is necessary to keep them from drowning in destruction
and perdition. If you don’t like God’s plan of salvation, I can assure you
there is not another ship coming along to bring you anything better. The
fact is most of the ships that set sail these days in the name of the Lord,
have large gaping holes in their doctrines, and are headed for shipwreck.
Isaiah 1:15-16 And when ye spread forth
your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers,
I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. (16) Wash yourselves, make
yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes;
cease to do evil; (KJV)
Have you ever seen a child that doesn’t
want to hear a parent’s instructions? They plug their ears, close their
eyes, or make noises to drown out the voice of the parent. From the
parent’s point of view, how do you handle the situation when the child
demands something from you, having been just ignored? Be not deceived, God
is not mocked, what you sow is what you reap, and you will not get a
response from Father until you are willing to respond to Him, only this
time try it with some humility.
1 John 5:14-15 And this is the confidence
that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he
heareth us: (15) And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know
that we have the petitions that we desired of him. (KJV)
Wouldn’t you rather know that He hears
your prayer, and not just guess or hope maybe you caught the Lord in a good
mood this time? God is not moody like man, nor does He play favorites with
anyone, but is longsuffering toward all of us, not willing that any should
perish, but all come to repentance so that He can work effectively in each
and every one of us. So remember Church, if you turn a deaf ear to Him,
don’t expect to be treated any differently in return.
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