Scripture: Proverbs 4:20-22
Journal: What voices are the loudest within you these days? What are these voices saying? What are they producing in you? Are they from God? What does God want to say to you today? How would listening to his words, and believing
the truth, affect the way you live?
Which voices will determine your life today?
Reflection: So much of life is determined by the voices we listen to. If we listen to the voices of fear and
anxiety and insecurity, then we are always in turmoil and chaos. Never at peace or at rest, at least not for
very long anyway. We live our lives at
the mercy of the opinions and attitudes and responses of others. Thus, our well-being is determined by
opinions and surroundings and circumstances.
We are blown to and fro by the winds.
If we listen to the voices
of shame and condemnation and self-contempt, we are likely to live out of a
deep sense of sadness and depression and despair, which beats us up and wears us
down and robs us of the energy and the life that God desires for his people.
But if we listen to the
Voice of Love, we are given a whole new set of possibilities. When we pay attention to the Voice of the One
who loves us like no other, the One whose great affection is wilder and more
passionate than we dare dream about, then we are able to live in the joy and
the freedom of people who have nothing to prove and nothing to lose. If we pay attention to that voice—to His
Voice—then the lesser voices will eventually lose their power over us. That is how true and lasting change takes
place.
So, my son, my daughter,
pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them
in your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s
whole being.
Prayer
Closing
Prayer: Forgive me, O God, when I allow other voices
to determine my life, rather than yours.
For when I live at the mercy of the lies, I can never know the truth
which sets me free. Amen.
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