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- Don Weemes
- Jun 24, 2009
Listen Up!
Listen Up!! this is a phrase that we hear when someone wants to our attention, and depending on the particular setting, and depending on the setting could be preceeded or proceeded by an identifying characteristic of whom they were wanting to get the attention of such as Men, Ladies, Bowlers, or in my particular case growing up things like Meathead, rockhead, etc....
Hearing is a matter of relationship or information, either we want to hear someone because of our relationship with them or we want to hear them because of information that they possess
God wants us as believers to Listen Up also
Mat 11:15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
Mat 13:9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
Jesus told us that hearing was a matter of relationship
Joh 10:27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
"My Sheep hear and I know them" that is a relational phrase, this is the same word that is one of an intimate friendship.
We have to focused to hear what is said
Mat 13:13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
Mat 13:14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: 'HEARING YOU WILL HEAR AND SHALL NOT UNDERSTAND, AND SEEING YOU WILL SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE;
Mat 13:15 FOR THE HEARTS OF THIS PEOPLE HAVE GROWN DULL. THEIR EARS ARE HARD OF HEARING, AND THEIR EYES THEY HAVE CLOSED, LEST THEY SHOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, LEST THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEARTS AND TURN, SO THAT I SHOULD HEAL THEM.'
Mat 13:16 But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;
Grown dull and hard of hearing that is a process, it takes time to become dull spiritually.
The devil doesn't like you hearing from God in any way shape fashion or form.
Mar 4:14 The sower sows the word.
Mar 4:15 And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.
Mar 4:16 These likewise are the ones sown on stony ground who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
Mar 4:17 and they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises for the word's sake, immediately they stumble.
Mar 4:18 Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word,
Mar 4:19 and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Mar 4:20 But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred."
Mar 4:21 Also He said to them, "Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a lampstand?
Mar 4:22 For there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light.
Mar 4:23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
Mar 4:24 Then He said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given.
The devil comes immediately.
GOD PROMISES TO SPEAK TO HIS CHILDREN
Exo 33:11 So the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.....
Joh 15:14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.
Psa 85:8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak, For He will speak peace To His people and to His saints; But let them not turn back to folly.
Isa 30:21 Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it," Whenever you turn to the right hand Or whenever you turn to the left.
Joh 10:3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
Joh 10:4 And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
Joh 10:5 Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers."
Act 13:2 As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
We must choose to hear!!!!
Heb 3:7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: "TODAY, IF YOU WILL HEAR HIS VOICE,
Heb 3:8 DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS AS IN THE REBELLION, IN THE DAY OF TRIAL IN THE WILDERNESS,
Heb 3:9 WHERE YOUR FATHERS TESTED ME, TRIED ME, AND SAW MY WORKS FORTY YEARS.
We also have a choice to listen. (harden - stubborn)
I know God told me to forgive but i dont want to, I know that god told me to do this or that but I dont want to....
If we are willing to hear we will hear.
Sa 3:9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, "Go, lie down; and it shall be, if He calls you, that you must say, 'Speak, LORD, for Your servant hears.' " So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
1Sa 3:10 Now the LORD came and stood and called as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel answered, "Speak, for Your servant hears."
Isa 55:3 Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you— The sure mercies of David.
Incline - to bend toward
pay attention to,
When was the last time you listened for God to speak?
That means put away all of the distractions, concentrate on hearing His voice, and Invite him to speak to you.