Being Deaf By Choice

I hav learnt a lot from this article as well...
too many times i hav choosen not to listen or respond to God because it was not convinient for me or because i fear.
The result is soon i stop hearing from God & drift away...

I fear many things: embarassment, ridicule, loss, suffering & etc.
But who doesnt...
Then again, if we do not risk something and live outside of our comfort zone...
are we living at all?

I do hope that God will continue challenging me...
and i will continue to respond to Him even though i may fail again...
and again...
and again...

Let this life i live be lived for more than myself...
Let the works of my hands go beyond my desires...
Let the nakedness of my imperfection speak the wonders of my God...
Let me be strong enough to be weak...

- 2 Corinthians 12:9
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.


Adapted from Experiencing God Day-by-Day
by Broadman & Holman Publishers

Quenching the Spirit
Do not quench the Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 5:19
We cannot prevent God from accomplishing His work in the world around us, but we can quench His Spirit in our lives. God has given us the freedom to withstand the Holy Spirit's activity in our lives. When we ignore, disobey or reject what the Spirit is telling us, we quench His activity in us. The prophet Isaiah described the result: "Hearing you will hear and not understand, and seeing you will see and not perceive; For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, so that I should heal them" (Isa. 6:9; Matt. 13:14-15).
When you sin, the Holy Spirit will convict you of your need for repentance. If you habitually ignore Him and do not repent, your heart will grow hardened to God's Word. If the Spirit speaks to you about God's will for you, and if you refuse to take action, a time will come when the Spirit's voice will be muted in your life. If you continually reject the Spirit's promptings, a day will come when you no longer hear a word from God. If you repeatedly stifle God's Word to you so that you are no longer sensitive to His voice, He will not give you a fresh word. Be wary of resisting the voice of the Spirit in your life. You may not always be comfortable with what the Spirit is saying to you, but His words will guide you to abundant life.

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