Listening

Yesterday a couple of friends and I were having a meeting about Centering Prayer.  Barbara made the following statement that rocked me:

The Scriptures say "Speak Lord, for Your servant is listening", but most Christians have been taught to pray "Listen Lord, for Your "servant" is speaking!" 

Wow, what a perfect example of modern Christianity!   Lord, help us to listen to You, over our own wants, and needs. 

Here are some questions:

Do you listen to God, or do you want Him to listen to you? Do you make time in your schedule to be available to Him?  Does your community help guide you in seeking God's voice? Would you know how do be able to "be available" to God?

Almighty and eternal God, so draw our hearts to You, so guide our minds, so fill our imaginations, so control our wills, that we may be wholly Yours, utterly dedicated unto You; and then use us, we pray You, as You will, and always to Your glory and the welfare of Your people; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

Comments

[Ann@HolyExperience]

A luminous truth I want to remember.
Thank you.

[karen]

every since we discussed this the other day. it has been on my mind. I desire to hear the Lord. I pray that i will listen and hear and heed. for i am very quilty of telling Him of all my wants.

[The Imugi]

What a beautiful reminder. In this Age of Noise, we all need to remember to make time for silence---so we can listen to the Voice of the Divine. Thanks for this post :)

[Abdur Rahman]

Peace Anglican,

Nice blog. Insha Allah (God willing), I'll be stopping by again.

Peace be with you and yours,
Abdur Rahman

[Anglican]

Nice post! I've always been drawn to the definition of prayer offered in the catechism:

Q. What is prayer?
A. Prayer is responding to God, by thought and by deeds,
with or without words.

*Responding to God*

Wow.

[Nick]

Thanks for the reminder and perspective!