Power Of A Hearing Heart

Key Scripture: “Faith comes by hearing…”  Romans 10:17

Power Point;

     In 1 Kings 3, Solomon is taking a nap and the Lord appears to him in a dream. “And God said, “ASK!  What shall I give you?”  In other words, “Ask me anything My son, it’s already yours!”  What was Solomon’s response?  “Give to me a hearing heart.”  That’s it?  He could have asked God for anything and yet he just wanted to have the ability to hear the voice of God? Scripture says that the Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked Him for this one thing. He definitely had his priorities in order.

     Did you know that in the Hebrew language, the word “hear”, means “shema”, to “see the Name”?  It doesn’t mean to simply hear the words going into your ears, it means to hear, to understand and obey. Solomon asked for a hearing heart.  He was asking God to give him a heart that understood Truth and then became obedient to walk in that truth.

     Hearing is more than just listening. It's sort of like asking your children if they cleaned their rooms. "Yes mom, I HEARD you."  But they didn't do anything about what they heard.  How many times have you heard someone say, “Well I heard God say that but I don’t see it happening in my life”.  A good question to ask is not if what God spoke into your ears was wise but whether or not that person heard it over and over and over again and obeyed what they heard.

      Beloved, God has already given you His name. He has already chosen to give it to you. It is gloriously full of all that He is and wants to be for you. If you have heard the voice of Jesus, but are still struggling with the Truths He is speaking to you. Is it possible that you need to hear those truths more often? Is it time to trust and obey what you've heard?  Is it time to see The Name? Ephesians or Colossians might be a good place to explore that.

     To hear, understand and obey are all basic requirements of faith aren’t they?  Our faith grows because we hear the Words of Christ.

“Faith comes by hearing.” The interesting thing isn’t that you were never intended to hear it just once.  “Hearing” in Hebrew means that you hear it over and over and over again.  It’s funny that I had been thinking about this and then yesterday I heard a preacher say those very words. Then this morning in an email it said exactly the same thing again; over and over and over again. I decided to listen. 

     When you hear a good sermon that really speaks to your heart, buy the CD and listen to it over and over and over again.  If you read something that blesses you, print it off and put it somewhere where you will see it over and over and over again. Those words are meant to change your direction or encourage your direction.  They’re meant to be meditated on over and over and over again. Those words are part of God's plan for your success.

     Don’t ever forget that the Words that that Christ speaks are powerful and alive and full of energy. If you don’t have anyone to speak them to you, speak them to yourself.  You just might be the best preacher you know!

Power Thought:

A hearing heart is absolutely the best thing to ask of a God who has promised you everything. Listen UP!

Copyright © 2014, Suzanne Roberts, Unpublished Work.