He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple

The eyes may be the window of our soul, but our ears are the windows to the Spirit realm and the voice of God.

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I am in love with this passage;

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"The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of disciples,

That I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word.

He awakens Me morning by morning,

He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

The Lord GOD has opened My ear;

And I was not disobedient,

Nor did I turn back."

-Isaiah 50:4-5

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Each of the seven letters to the seven churches of the book of Revelation ends with these words; "He that has an ear let him hear what the Spirit says!" (Revelation 2 & 3).

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How many times did Jesus say, "He who has ears let him hear"? Five!

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He also said, "If anyone has an ear let him hear!" another four times!

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Why all this focus on ears and hearing God, because, "Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God" (Romans 10:17).

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Even the book of Revelation opens with "Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near" (Revelation 1:3).

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God is a speaking God, incline your ear toward heaven and hear what the Sovereign Lord says. The Lord commands, "do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind" (Romans 12:2). How are your transformed, by the renewing of your mind, by hearing His Word.

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Here are just a few more passages to meditate on:

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"Apply your heart to discipline, And your ears to words of knowledge" (Proverbs 23:12).

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"My ears Thou hast opened" (Psalm 40:6).

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"O God, we have heard with our ears" (Psalm 44:1).

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"Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world" (Psalm 49:1).

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"Listen, O my people, to my instruction; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable" (Psalm 78:1-2).

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"Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you may live" (Isaiah 55:3).

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Shut your eyes and open your ears to the Lord. Meditate on His voice and Hear what He is saying, take a break and remember, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds out of the mouth of God" (Matthew 4:4, Deuteronomy 8:3).

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Grace and Peace today, shut your eyes to the things of this world, open your ear to the things of the world to come!