Listening For The Cues

Psalm 81:8; Proverbs 8:32-34; Matthew 7:24; Luke 11:28; Romans 10:17; James 1:22; Revelation 3:20

I have an app on my phone that I use when I go running. It keeps my stats and will give me cues while I run. I can set it to call out my distance, time, average pace, current pace, split pace (since last cue), etc. 

Sometimes when my mind goes wandering, I miss my cue. I catch myself thinking "I just missed what she said." If I am trying to beat my best time or just trying to keep a certain pace, it really helps me to hear those cues. I don't like it when I miss them.

We also get cues from our GPS devices or apps. Turn by turn cues keep us on the right path to our destination. But again, if we are busy talking or in deep thought we can miss those cues... and the correct turn.

I wonder how many cues we miss from God? The times that He wants to whisper a word He knows that we need or action He wants us to take? Maybe a rebuke, or warning. I think we would all agree that we would fare much better if we were attentive to His every cue. 

In Jeremiah 7:23, the Lord, speaking to Israel of their fathers said “But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, that it may be well with you.’ 

God knows and wants what is best for us. He longs to have a relationship with us. He wants to converse with us and have us respond. Just like in any relationship, it is only worth what you put into it. Are we listening to the voice of our Father or are we too busy to hear from Him? He wants to speak to you today. Will you be listening?

John 10:27 (NASB) “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;

Pastor Mike Deese