Sunday 16 October 2016

An Open Ear

But you have given me an open ear.
Psalm 40:6 ESV

It's not clear (to me) whether the psalmist is saying that God's ear is open to hear him or that his ear is open to hear God. But I do know this. Both are true. And both are a great gift and blessings from the Lord.

We do not pray as men speaking empty words into the air. But our words have power and effect as they have an audience and a hearing in the very courts of heaven and before the Judge of all men and the king and ruler above all kings and rulers.

Nor do we wait in vain for the Lord to act or to respond. He has opened our ears to hear his voice and to know his will. He calls us friends because he chooses to share his heart with us. He reveals to us by his Spirit the mystery of his plan for this world. The great transformation through a people renewed in the image of God through the Spirit of Christ at work in their hearts.

What a privilege to hear and be heard by the great God of heaven!

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