They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law. (Mark 1:21, 22 NIV)
It's hard to hear God's voice when we think we already know it all. Maybe we've attended the same church regularly all our lives, or we've read the bible cover to cover a couple of times. Maybe we have a pastor in the family or been to seminary ourselves. Whatever the case, there are many things that might cause us to believe we have heard all that needs to be said about God and Jesus Christ. We know we still need to worship and work to apply our knowledge, but is there really anything else to know?
God always has new things to teach us because he is always doing new things! But we have to give him our ear. We have to be willing to hear something new even if it challenges what we always thought to be true.
In order to learn new things we have to have open and teachable hearts. We have to be willing to admit that we don't know everything and that perhaps some of what we think we know may be wrong. The best place to start allowing God to teach us is with the Bible. Praying through the Scriptures is a wonderful technique to hear God speak. You can find instructions for this here: http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Christianity/2008/09/How-to-Pray-the-Bible.aspx
Make it your goal to learn something new from God this Lent.
Father,
Keep us from the prideful belief that we know all we need to know about you. Open our hearts to your teaching. Amen.
Joys: getting a a good start on a project for Lent; looking forward to seeing Cecelia; Friday!
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