“Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.” [Hebrews 4:7 ESV]
I remember reading a quote by an English author in 2008. His words rocked my world. I could not escape the impact and the application it had on my life. It went like this:
"Why be something to everybody when you can be everything to somebody?"I cannot describe the power that this sentence had on me. I wrestled with it for months. It led me to retire from pastoral ministry and care for my wife full time. I believed that I had heard God's voice.
My message is to simply say that God speaks to us. Sometimes through others. Often through the scriptures. The issue is how we will respond. Will we soften or harden ourselves to what he says? Will we wrestle with what we hear? Will we dismiss it? Or will we be changed by it?
Lord God help us. Teach us. To keep our hearts soft. And be open to your voice.
... this devotion is part of a series about the book of Hebrews.
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