Just Listen

Lately I have found myself questioning a lot of things in my life. I am unsure of what I should be doing and if God is truly pleased with the way I am living my life. Therefore I have been trying to figure out what it is that is holding me back, what I need to change, what I need to do to live the life that God has planned for me.

Matt and I talked about this some today and he explained to me that this isn’t something that is going to come to me overnight, as much as I would like for that to be the case. We talked about how we have to just listen to God, even though that is tough to do sometimes. I find myself asking God to just tell me… to just let me know what I need to do. Then, after sincerely asking that question, I immediately turn around and jump back into my crazy, hectic life then wonder why He didn’t answer. I realized that I am not actually listening to God at all. For all I know, He is shouting to me exactly what I need to hear but I fail to listen to Him. I expect some kind of giant display across the sky that is going to tell me what to do, when in reality, I just need to be quiet.

“A powerful wind came and tore the mountain apart and shattered rocks, but the Lord was not in the wind. Then there was a mighty earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. Then there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. Then Elijah heard a gentle whisper and he went out to stand in the presence of the Lord.” 1 Kings 19:9-13

I wonder what would happen in our lives if we could all seriously lay aside all distractions and sit and listen to God?

I have decided that I am going to try my best to be quiet and try to hear what God wants to tell me. I know that he hears my prayers and hears the questions that I raise to Him and I believe that He has answers for me. I just have to learn to listen for His voice. I am going to try to remove as many distractions as I can. It is going to be tough and I will fail many times, I’m sure, but I’m going for it anyway.

I want y’all to watch this video. It is a short clip from a Nooma video called “Noise”. If the video on here doesn’t work, you can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caazHwVjd2k



Pretty powerful, isn't it?