Be Wise!

Proverbs 1: 5

⁵ A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels...

Throughout the course of the summer, a number of people from our church went through a revealing sort of experience.

We willfully submitted (most of us were willing J) to giving up total control by being blindfolded.

The general pretense was to consider what it would be like to hear the voice of God, and to be directed by it.

Following the experience...one of a few revelations were discovered;

1 1)    That many people do not hear the voice of God, and don’t give up control to God...

2 2) That people don’t take direction from God on a regular basis...

3 3) That the voice they may be hearing, isn’t God’s voice at all...

4 4)    Or that the experiment had no lasting impact...

I have to admit, I’m still struck by what I miss when I’m trying to do things in my own power.

If you’ve went through the experiment, has the luster faded away by now? Did it have any impact? Was there a good reason why you didn’t participate?

Why is listening to God’s voice such an important skill set in the life of a follower of Jesus?

It helps us mature...it helps us keep on the straight and narrow...it leads us to good decisions...it gives opportunity to gain excellent things.

Listening to God’s voice shows that we are a respecter of His holiness and deep wisdom.

Maybe there are some things in this world that we listen too much to...rather than that still, small, powerful voice of God...