Whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil (Prov. 1:33).
There is a form of deafness known to the Greeks in which the sufferer is able to hear everything except words. And there is a spiritual disease in which disobedience can hear everything except God's Word.
If we wish to be safe, we must listen to God. How wonderful it is to be free from the tensions of life, conflict of mind, and confusion of heart! Fear is prevalent on every side today, but we can have peace of heart and quietude of mind if we will listen to God's voice and obey Him. Anyone who does obey God really listens, and one who does not obey does not listen.
"Sir," said the duke of Wellington to an officer of engineers who urged the impossibility of executing the direction he had just received, "I did not ask your opinion. I gave you my orders, and I expect them to be obeyed."
To some who believed on Him, Jesus said, "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:31, 32).
When God spoke great and mighty things to Daniel, He strengthened him. God's Word is food to the soul. "Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart," declared the prophet Jeremiah (Jer. 15:16). It is our privilege to be like the boy Samuel, who said, "Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth" (1 Sam. 3:9).
Hear the words our Savior hath spoken,
Words of life, unfailing and true;
Careless one, prayerless one, hear and remember,
Jesus says, "Blessed are they that do."
__P. P. Bliss
MEDITATION PRAYER: "With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments" (Ps. 119:10).
There is a form of deafness known to the Greeks in which the sufferer is able to hear everything except words. And there is a spiritual disease in which disobedience can hear everything except God's Word.
If we wish to be safe, we must listen to God. How wonderful it is to be free from the tensions of life, conflict of mind, and confusion of heart! Fear is prevalent on every side today, but we can have peace of heart and quietude of mind if we will listen to God's voice and obey Him. Anyone who does obey God really listens, and one who does not obey does not listen.
"Sir," said the duke of Wellington to an officer of engineers who urged the impossibility of executing the direction he had just received, "I did not ask your opinion. I gave you my orders, and I expect them to be obeyed."
To some who believed on Him, Jesus said, "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:31, 32).
When God spoke great and mighty things to Daniel, He strengthened him. God's Word is food to the soul. "Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart," declared the prophet Jeremiah (Jer. 15:16). It is our privilege to be like the boy Samuel, who said, "Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth" (1 Sam. 3:9).
Hear the words our Savior hath spoken,
Words of life, unfailing and true;
Careless one, prayerless one, hear and remember,
Jesus says, "Blessed are they that do."
__P. P. Bliss
MEDITATION PRAYER: "With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments" (Ps. 119:10).
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