Intimacy with the Lord

Proverbs 4:20: “My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to MY sayings.”

In the above passage of Scripture, the Lord is asking us to incline (cause to lean) our ear to what HE is saying to us. Jesus also told us in John 16:12-15 that He still had many things to say to us, so He sent the Holy Spirit to declare THE TRUTH to us. Unfortunately, many of the Lord’s children are not leaning their ears towards HIS sayings or voice; they are leaning it towards men.

Don’t misunderstand me, I know that the Lord has sent teachers to help us, but He hasn’t asked us to be goats who eat anything that they are fed; He has called us to be HIS sheep who KNOW HIS voice. (John 10:27)

When the Lord began to lay this word in my heart, He said to me “many of His children are parrots of men. They just repeat what they are hearing from men and never study the Word nor ask the Holy Spirit if what is being taught is the ABSOLUTE TRUTH.”

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Mark 4:24: And He said to them, “Be careful what you are hearing. The measure [of thought and study] you give [to the truth you hear] will be the measure [of virtue and knowledge] that comes back to you—and more [besides] will be given to you who hear.”(Amplified Bible)

Prior to Jesus making this statement, He was explaining to His disciples about the parable of the sower who “sows” or plants the Word of God into the hearts of men. The interesting thing about the above Scripture is that Jesus warns us to be careful of “WHAT” we are HEARING. I like how the Amplified states “the measure of thought and study you give to this truth or “supposed” truth is what comes back to you.” Though someone may be teaching from Scripture, that doesn’t mean that “WHAT” they are teaching is the absolute TRUTH.

The Lord says that many are partaking of “processed” spiritual food. Let me elaborate a little on that statement. Just because “so and so” ministry that has been around for 20 plus years is teaching something from the Word, doesn’t mean that they are correct. Much like natural food here in America, it may look like cheese and even smell similar to cheese, but it is “processed” food. Which means that the contents of the package gives the appearance of being real, but it is made up of “MAN MADE” products with very little of the “REAL” thing in the product.

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