Power in Listening

It is common to make presumptions, thinking that we know what God wants to do or say, yet we have not asked him. This usually comes from a willingness to bless and encourage, but we can do this without listening to the one who loves us best. This means that when correction is needed, it is overlooked.

We have feared men more than we have feared God, and instead of taking time to consider what God is saying, we assume that we know what he would say or do in any given circumstance.

But now is the time in which the Lord God Almighty is calling his people to listen and not presume, to fear him and not men, to speak the words that he is saying and to be silent when he does not speak. It is a time to do what he leads us to and not assume that we know his perfect will without asking first.

Prayer: Lord, forgive me for assuming that I know what you will say or intend to do without taking time to listen to you.

Forgive me for putting words in your mouth, misrepresenting what you want to say and doing things you are not doing.

Please take my heart, correct my attitude, and remove any presumption on my part. Help me always to seek you and your will before I act or speak.

Amen.

 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2