Can You Hear Me Now?!
Can You Hear Me Now?!
My Hound and I spend great amounts of quality time walking and hiking, and he of course, has a habit of getting distracted and wondering off. Most often, I find myself constantly saying; “Stick with me, stay the path, this way, Rock!… Nooo!… this way buddy!” In a split second, if that leash is not on, he could be tracking a scent and getting lost somewhere far away in the mountains and surviving the wild for 24 hours (true story).
Reality is, the Hound and I are very much alike, since I can also get very easily distracted. My thoughts, the words I speak, my moods, attitudes, behaviors and habits, are all connected and will most definitely influence the way I think. Needless to say, this could very well keep me wondering off from God’s best.
God’s Word tells me; “My sheep hear my voice” and it is truly crucial to hear His voice above all other voices. The voice of my Maker, my Good Father, my Friend, my Counselor, the Lifter of my head, the One Who holds my every moment in His hand, My Lord and King!
He also tells me that wherever my mind goes I follow. Therefore, reading and allowing His Word to penetrate deep within my soul will position my heart to fall in love with the way He thinks. My thinking must be put under construction by asking the Holy Spirit, my Helper, to bring awareness to what I’m thinking about so I can learn how to align each and every one of my thoughts with His.
Allowing Jesus lordship over my mind, being creative, prepared and faithful by choosing to think His thoughts, changes everything, but must importantly transforms my way of living!
John 10:27
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
Romans 12
12 1-2 So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.
