Jer 3:13,14 ‘Only acknowledge your iniquity,
That you have transgressed against the LORD your God
And have scattered your favors to the strangers under every green tree,
And you have not obeyed My voice,’ declares the LORD.
‘Return, O faithless sons,’ declares the LORD;
‘For I am a master to you,...
I acknowledge that I don't listen to the voice of the Lord like I should. I hear from Him about a dozen different times a day, but I get busy, sidetracked, and stray of this way and that too often. Still, I do hear Him about a dozen times and day, and I try to remember to turn back to Him every day - and along with hearing the small voice often tell me, "Karl, I love yout", I also often hear Him called me, 'son'.
The thing is that if He is going to be a 'master' to us then we do have to listen to Him to know He wants from us every day. This is important every day! He will give you instructions - like this morning He very specifically told me to use the above verse and make this post. He wants and even needs people - for their sake - to listen to Him and His voice (which is not His Book, but His voice). He, by His voice told me specifically to open up my Bible this morning (which is not rare) then He specifically told me where He wanted me to read. And He specifically told me that He wanted me to post that verse this morning. Those were specific instructions to me personally for this specific morning. Hearing those instructions are what makes Him my Lord and master.
If you are not hearing His voice every day, then you are not obeying His voice. You are leaning on your own understanding all day long every day. Yet all you need to to is to acknowledge that you have been transgression against the One you call your Lord, and then return to listening to Him so that you might indeed again obey His voice, and He will again be a master to you. You want that, because He is a whole lot smarter than you and He loves you!! So by listening to Him you will make better decisions in your life because you will be making His decisions in your life.
That you have transgressed against the LORD your God
And have scattered your favors to the strangers under every green tree,
And you have not obeyed My voice,’ declares the LORD.
‘Return, O faithless sons,’ declares the LORD;
‘For I am a master to you,...
I acknowledge that I don't listen to the voice of the Lord like I should. I hear from Him about a dozen different times a day, but I get busy, sidetracked, and stray of this way and that too often. Still, I do hear Him about a dozen times and day, and I try to remember to turn back to Him every day - and along with hearing the small voice often tell me, "Karl, I love yout", I also often hear Him called me, 'son'.
The thing is that if He is going to be a 'master' to us then we do have to listen to Him to know He wants from us every day. This is important every day! He will give you instructions - like this morning He very specifically told me to use the above verse and make this post. He wants and even needs people - for their sake - to listen to Him and His voice (which is not His Book, but His voice). He, by His voice told me specifically to open up my Bible this morning (which is not rare) then He specifically told me where He wanted me to read. And He specifically told me that He wanted me to post that verse this morning. Those were specific instructions to me personally for this specific morning. Hearing those instructions are what makes Him my Lord and master.
If you are not hearing His voice every day, then you are not obeying His voice. You are leaning on your own understanding all day long every day. Yet all you need to to is to acknowledge that you have been transgression against the One you call your Lord, and then return to listening to Him so that you might indeed again obey His voice, and He will again be a master to you. You want that, because He is a whole lot smarter than you and He loves you!! So by listening to Him you will make better decisions in your life because you will be making His decisions in your life.