How Are We Hearing?

Mark 4:24 says, "Then He (Jesus) added, 'Pay close attention to what you hear. The closer you listen, the more understanding you will be given and you will receive even more.'" (NLT)

I like the way the NIV says it, "with the measure you use it."

By the measure with which you measure, it will be measured to you.

And it really is important that we pay close attention to what we're hearing and how we are hearing it.

When we come to the Word of God we must come diligently, seeking to understand it, and passionate about it piercing us and igniting change within us.

Charles Spurgeon calls it the "art of attention."

I wonder if it's a question we've ever really given much thought to: How are we hearing?

Because scripture tells us that when we come hungry, we find food.

When we come with faith, we find assurance.

When we come needing warmth, we find fire.

The promise found in this passage is this. When we come desperately seeking Jesus in the pages of the Word, we shall have:

- even more desire to hear!

- more understanding and revelation!

- more proof of it's power!

- more ownership of divine blessings!

- more joy and delight in learning His ways!

- more practical application!

- more invitations to obedience!

God gives more to those who value what they have!

To hear is our duty. A duty we should attend to with great diligence and passion.

Otherwise, we are in jeopardy of becoming more worldly than righteous. And we begin exalting the world we are most aware of, thus compromising His good nature.

May we always most aware of what you see and how you see it!