"Listen To God"

  There seems to be too much man and not enough God. There is too much emphasis on what is around us, what others say and information flows to us from many different aspects of the world. Someone comes up with some religious or catchy phrase and before long, it has made it's way into our thinking and outreach.

  There seems to be too many ignoring the word of God! This isn't something new. It's happened all throughout the life of mankind. We have God's word telling us over and over the failings of His people in regard to listening to His word alone. Take Jeremiah as an example. Over 2600 years ago he spoke and taught the people the word of the Lord. What did they do? Ignored him in favor of others. God speaks that the people had healed the brokenness of His people superficially!! (Jer. 6:14) There was little listening to God and a lot of listening to others. Jeremiah stands and speaks: "Thus says the Lord, 'Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; and you will find rest for your souls,' but they said, 'We will not walk in it!' (Jer. 6:16) The result, no blessings from God. Life became more confusing and difficult until the Babylonians came and carried many of them into exile.

  We learn that the tragic mistake always made is by ignoring God's word. Too many today are very good writers and good with words. Some seem brilliant in their ability to think of things and put them on paper. While it may look good on the surface, we need to compare the statements and saying with God's word to see if it is really true. We need to be asking for ancient paths and not the modern way. We need to hear God's word in it's truth and not trust in faddish religion. We need to conform our lives to God's will and not allow popular culture define our beliefs. God has spoken in His Son and God's entire plan from life to religion has been recorded for us in His word. God shows us that at every crossroad we come to, He will lead us in the proper direction if we would just listen to His word. That's the problem, people don't seem to want to listen to His word in our media driven society. God hasn't changed, man has!