Daily Devotion for June 2, 2006

Stop, Look and Listen

 

“Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!" Luke 1:45

 

As a child, I can remember the signs that were erected to protect the places where highways crossed over railroad tracks. However, crossing gates or flashing lights typically did not protect these rural areas. As a child of God, we must stop, look and listen to what God is saying to us.

 

 When the angle Gabriel appeared to Mary, Mary was troubled. But despite her fear, her closing comments to the angle were, "I am the Lord's servant. May it be to me as you have said". (Luke 1:38) Here is a child that did not hesitate to follow God’s call. How many of us today have the faith of a child and the immediate obedience to do as Mary did?

 

 As adults, we are living in interesting times. Our lives are so filled with  matters going on presently that we are sometimes too busy to heed the call of God. Thinking back to my childhood, I was never busy like I am today. As a child I believed and obeyed unconditionally. Oh, to be a child again….

 

 As children, our parents taught us how to obey them. As children of God, He wants to teach us obedience; we should be as children and listen to Him as closely as we listened to our parents. “Teach me, O Lord, to follow your decrees; then I will keep them to the end.” (Psalm 119:33) It is only with the faith and obedience of a child that we can truly be effective servants of God.

 

Prayer
Father God, I long to be a child again! I want to believe in You and obey Your commands with child-like faith. Make me like a servant who will stop his busy life, look to You for guidance, and listen for Your instructions. Amen.

 

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