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believers are more aware of how bad their hearing is as they compare themselves to someone they admire. And while that might be true, it is destructive in nature. The heart to hear is more important than our ability to hear. The reason? God takes the responsibility to be heard whenever He finds someone who desires to hear. Sometimes we need to get out of the noisy room, so to speak. In other words, take time quietly to seek God with the Scriptures in hand. Giving thanks and enjoying His presence (face) is a beautiful way to activate our ability to hear, be it weak or strong. Encountering His face does a lot to help us read His lips . Hearing Him speak through the Scriptures does a lot to help me hear Him speak to my heart.
    James 1:21 describes this process in a beautiful way: “In humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.” Humility is the condition of the soil that receives the Word. Another way to say this is: Humility is the heart condition that attracts God’s voice into your situation. And when God speaks, He plants the answer into the tender hearts of His children. The seed is the Word. The Word carries the ability to save us. In other words, His Word has the ability to perform itself in and through our hearts. Humble hearts hear well.
    Prayer
    Father God, please help me to stay away from the trap of evaluating my ability to hear over and above Your ability to be heard. Instead I turn my attention to how much You love me! I want to keep my focus on You, not on my abilities, be they great or small. I do want to increase in my ability to hear Your voice. But more than anything, Iask You to help me maintain a humble heart so that You can always find a place to plant the seeds of hope and promise. I thank You in advance for helping me to be all that You created me to be—a hearer of the voice of God.
    Confession
    I was created with the ability to hear God’s voice. That ability is in my new nature given to me in Christ. And even in my weakness, He is strong and is more than capable of speaking loudly enough for me to hear Him. I set my heart to be a hearer of His voice, as I know that I live by every Word that proceeds from His mouth. And I declare that, as a hearer of His voice, I will do all He says I will do.

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Faith
    If you live cautiously, your friends will call you wise. You just won’t move many mountains.
    W hile there is a caution born out of wisdom, our challenge is to spot the counterfeit—whatever comes from the fear of man. This kind of fear is an affliction of the heart. It causes us to silence courage by wondering what someone will think of us if we make a bold move. I believe this single issue has caused more stunted growth in the people of God than any other issue.
    The cautious ones are often known for their discipline and Bible study. They are usually good teachers of the principles of God’s Word, and are quiet outside of their public responsibilities, should they have any. These traits can all be valuable. But such a person seldom has an effect on his mountain, so to speak. He is much more likely to teach us how to live with and endure our mountains. In this context, timidity gets called anything but what it is. It is fear. A quiet spirit is Kingdom; timidity is not.
    History is filled with the stories of brave men and women of God who broke out of the acceptable norm only to raise the bar on what was considered to be the normal Christian life.Their breakthroughs changed how we do life, and even more importantly, what we can expect to take place through our lives. But they paid a price. Today they are the heroes of the faith. But in their day, they were often rejected and maligned by their peers. Many of them died lonely and despised by the church. As tragic as that is, it reveals an issue that everyone faces in measure, but not everyone is willing to embrace as a challenge—we must demonstrate the life of Christ in the full measure of love, purity and power,