Listening

I would love to say that I am a great listener. I would be lying to you if I said that though. I am a great at telling you what you should do, though I have a tendency to tune out the small details of your situation. I am working to really listen. I mean, it agitates me to no end when the person on the other end isn’t listening to me. I’m getting better at really hearing people.

Just like in my relationships with people, I sometimes don’t listen to God very well either. I tend to get so busy…busy for the kingdom, busy doing my own things, busy talking, busy trying to figure out the right answer..so busy that I don’t listen. God got my attention yesterday in several ways and it was so nice to stop, shut up, and listen.

First, the sermon yesterday was about rest. About keeping the sabbath, creating time to be quiet, to be alone with God. I needed that. I get so busy being busy that I just don’t create enough God/Vicky time in my life. That is changing.

Also, God got my attention last night about a subject I had written off due to my lack of understanding. He reminded me that I am learning to trust Him with a lot of things I don’t understand…so I should give him that place again too. It was so refreshing to surrender and remember what I used to love so much. I look forward to it being a catalyst for growth with God this time and not a facade I use to fool the crowd.

I actually took some time to rest in God last night and it was amazing! He is beautiful and His rest is so sweet. He is such a loving father. He loves perfectly and disciplines so well. I was reminded of His embrace again this week. There is other place I would rather be….it is there that I know where I belong. It is there I find home. So I am choosing to place my ear to his chest, to listen to His heartbeat and anxiously await Him to speak, to move, to breath. He does…and I see things changing.

~ by vickylea on June 1, 2009.