Positive Daily Inspiration – August 24, 2022 – FAITH COMES BY HEARING

Positive Daily Inspiration - August 24, 2022 - FAITH COMES BY HEARING

“My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.”
John 10:27

A Native-American and his friend were in downtown New York City, walking near Times Square in Manhattan. It was during the noon lunch hour and the streets were filled with people. Cars were honking their horns, taxicabs were squealing around corners, sirens were wailing, and the sounds of the city were almost deafening. Suddenly, the Native-American said, “I hear a cricket.”

His friend said, “What? You must be crazy! You couldn’t possibly hear a cricket in all of this noise!”

“No, I’m sure of it,” the Native-American said, “I heard a cricket.”

“That’s crazy,” said the friend.

The Native-American listened carefully for a moment, and then walked across the street to a big cement planter where some shrubs were growing. He looked into the bushes, beneath the branches, and sure enough, he located a small cricket. His friend was utterly amazed. “That’s incredible,” said his friend. “You must have superhuman ears!”

“No,” said the Native-American. “My ears are no different from yours. It all depends on what you’re listening for.”

“But that can’t be!” said the friend. “I could never hear a cricket in this noise.”

“Yes, it’s true,” came the reply. “It depends on what is really important to you. Here, let me show you.” He reached into his pocket, pulled out a few coins, and discreetly dropped them on the sidewalk. And then, with the noise of the crowded street still blaring in their ears, they noticed every head within twenty-feet turn and look to see if the money that tinkled on the pavement was theirs.

“See what I mean?” asked the Native-American. “It all depends on what’s important to you.”

What’s important to you?

What do you listen for? Some people say that God never speaks to us anymore.

But perhaps they can’t see or hear God because they aren’t listening for God. They are living for themselves, not for God. If you are in tune with God, you will be able to notice God at work in your life and in the world. And you’ll be able to hear God when God speaks.

What are YOU listening to?

If you are listening to just yourself, what are you saying about yourself?

As a child I remember there was a souvenir vending machine that would mold of piece of plastic. You were able to select the shape of the plastic souvenir. One time I got a buffalo molded in Yellowstone Park. Another time, I got the Statue of Liberty molded in New York.

The belief system is also plastic, moldable by what we hear.

Jesus said that faith comes through the ears, then the belief system is formed, around what is said.

Romans 10:17 states strongly, “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.”

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The person listens and listens until they fully get it, accept it, and can wear the belief as their own.

This is what it means biblically to put on the Christ.

Make sure that your thoughts are directed correctly by what you hear. When you speak about yourself make sure you’re speaking the Christ truth about you.

Ephesians 4:24 “Put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.”

Like water on a dry farmer’s field, your parched ears will be fed by the positive nourishment that will go deep into the soil of your soul.

And when you are able to hear God’s voice speak, you will be uplifted and changed permanently.

POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER:

I pray today that the words I speak are words of positive spiritual truth.
I pray the words that I hear lift me spiritually higher. I pray that my faith has a strong foundation and is fed constantly by what it hears.

In Jesus Christ’s name … Amen

POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION: I walk a spiritual path and see things from a higher vantage point.

POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE: “The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be.” Horace Bushnell

Important new word to add to your vocabulary: Positude – “Having a positive attitude.” Christopher Ian Chenoweth

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