I know that God loves me, and so I know that his voice is the voice of love even when he speaks things that I don’t like. This week I choose to listen for the voice of the Father instead of the voice of my own preferences, so that I can walk in his blessing.
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Scripture
Jeremiah 27:9-11
So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your fortune-tellers, or your sorcerers, who are saying to you, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon.’ 10 For it is a lie that they are prophesying to you, with the result that you will be removed far from your land, and I will drive you out, and you will perish. 11 But any nation that will bring its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave on its own land, to work it and dwell there, declares the LORD.”’”
Observation
God’s people wanted to hear a message of deliverance, freedom, and blessing. What they got was a message of judgement, discipline, and bondage. Their rejection of the one true God led to them being separated from the blessings that he wanted to give them. The message that they received from him was not the message they wanted or expected to hear…but it was still the voice of God speaking. Though the message wasn’t what they hoped for, God’s voice offered a way for them to again walk in his favor.
Application
God’s voice doesn’t always speak what I want to hear. Whether because of correction that he is bringing, or because he’s stretching me out of my comfort zone…his voice doesn’t always say things that I like. It’s easy to fall into the trap of listening for a voice saying what I want to hear, and assuming that it’s the voice of God–but he has not promised to say what I want to hear.
I want to hear the voice of God. I don’t want my life to be led by an echo chamber of voices that agree with my preferences, opinions, and desires! I know that God loves me, and so I know that his voice is the voice of love even when he speaks things that I don’t like. This week I choose to listen for the voice of the Father instead of the voice of my own preferences, so that I can walk in his blessing.
Prayer
God, thank you for speaking truth instead of merely agreeing with my preferences! I know that you love me, and so I choose to listen to your voice and walk in your ways instead of seeking voices that merely agree with me. I would rather experience your love through your correction, than live my life ruled by my own selfish wants.
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