June 26, 2024 – Is God Listening To You?

Is God Listening To You?
June 26, 2024

DAILY PROVERB:

Proverbs 15:27-30
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

    I have said throughout the years that the lost, unsaved people in the world have no claim to the ear of God. In fact, in Psalms 66:18, God tells us, “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:”

    Today, again, we see the same thing restated. It says, “The Lord is far from the wicked.” We all know that God is everywhere. He is omnipresent. So, it doesn’t mean He is physically far from the wicked. It’s a warning to the lost soul of the availability of God’s ear at any time and for any reason.

    Amid the worst this world has to offer, they have no hope of calling on God for help. The only prayer God is waiting to hear from the sinful soul is one which cries out, “be merciful unto me a sinner.” It is the call for salvation from a repentant heart. God knows the difference between a truly repentant heart and someone simply trying to escape the bad situation they have often gotten themselves into.

    Yet, in this same verse, we are told that God hears “the prayers of the righteous.” Who are they? Who are the ones referred to as the righteous? These are the people who have been made righteous by the blood of God’s Son, Jesus Christ. It is not our righteousness that causes a Holy God to bend His ear toward us. It’s the perfection of His Son, Jesus, who clothes us in His righteousness, making us appear righteous to God and continually prompting God to listen to the petitions of our hearts.

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

    Trouble will come to everyone. That is a given in this world filled with sin in which we live. The question is not “Will trouble come?” but rather, “Who will be there with you when it does?” If you call out to God for help, will He hear you? If you’ve been saved and placed in Jesus Christ, you can know that He does.

How comforting is it to know that
the God of all the universe cares,
and is listening to you?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and todays Devotion?

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

  

GOD TALKING TO ME: June 26, 2024

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
  Psalms 45 – Psalms 53
  Proverbs 15:27 – 30

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
  2 Chron. 7-9
  Acts 5:1-28