Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Hear and Obey



Hear and Obey
© 2011 Debbie Turner Chavers
 I recently saw an advertisement on TBN for a microfilm bible.  The entire bible! It had to be viewed with a microscope.  This caused me to think about my own life and testimony. My daily life and choices.  Have I reduced the bible and its implications to a microscope size?  How hard do others have to look to find Christ in me?  I want God to live large in my life.  To hear as He hears, to be moved by what moves Him. 
Are we listening? Has disobedience stuffed our ears? 
When I was young, people would say "Take the cotton out of your ears." Cotton in this case would represent willful disobedience.  You put it there, you remove it. 
Open your ears to receive God's good word for you.

The hearing ear is a gift from God.
Proverbs 20:12  The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

Matthew 11:15  He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Matthew 13:9  Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Luke 9:35  And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.



Throughout the book of Revelation it says repeatedly "He that hath an ear, let him hear" ...
Revelation 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Revelation 2:11  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
Revelation 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth [it].
Revelation 2:29  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Revelation 3:6  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Revelation 3:13  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Revelation 3:22  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Do you have your ears open?
~ Debbie


Strong's concordance gave this meaning for ear in this context..

 (a) of the physical organ, e.g., Luk 4:21; Act 7:57; in Act 11:22, in the plural with akouo, "to hear," lit., "was heard into the ears of someone," i.e., came to the knowledge of; similarly, in the singular, Mat 10:27, in familiar private conversation; in Jam 5:4 the phrase is used with eiserchomai, "to enter into;" in Luk 1:44, with ginomai, "to become, to come;" in Luk 12:3, with lalein, "to speak" and pros, "to;"

(b) metaphorically, of the faculty of perceiving with the mind, understanding and knowing, Mat 13:16; frequently with akouo, "to hear," e.g., Mat 11:15; 13:9, 43; Rev. 2 and 3, at the close of each of the messages to the churches; in Mat 13:15; Act 28:27, with bareos, "heavily," of being slow to understand and obey; with a negative in Mar 8:18; Rom 11:8; in Luk 9:44 the lit. meaning is "put those words into your ears," i.e., take them into your mind and keep them there; in Act 7:51 it is used with aperitmetos, "uncircumcised."
As seeing is metaphorically associated with conviction, so hearing is with obedience (hupakoe, lit., "hearing under;" the Eng., "obedience" is etymologically "hearing over against," i.e., with response in the hearer).




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Technology-Tool? or Idol?


Power Stuggle
© 1999 Debbie Turner Chavers


Today we are flooded with technology. The ability to check in or check out with a finger tip. Often the technology strips away our humanity and leaves us with a social facade. We hide behind the tech cover. Many have fallen beneath the allure of checking out. It has become easier to live life at "screens length".
There is a need to regularly do a "soul check" of our use of technology.
Have you replaced one on one time with others, with social media?
It is difficult to have a meaningful relationship with anyone, when there is a screen of any kind in between you and another human.
When technology steals from your soul, mind, or body, it is an idol . Technological use without benefit of Holy Spirit led instruction can be a tool of destruction.

Prayerfully consider your use and time with technology. Is it a tool that is being used properly by you or an idol? Has it replaced time with God or loved ones?

Technology can be used for good. I use technology on a regular basis. My ability to post this online is a use of technology. Yet, I must guard the way I use and spend my time with it, as to not exclude the true benefit of having  healthy one to one communication with others.
To not allow the screen to replace the beauty of face to face human interaction in our daily life.
I want to encourage you to communicate today ..in person, if possible.

Selah Reflections™
Remember your truth may change daily as you learn, but Jesus is the Truth, He does not change.

~Debbie


John 14:6  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

Hebrews 13:16  But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.




All writing, poetry, posts, art, and photography, copyright © 2013 Debbie Turner Chavers. Protected by US and International copyright laws. All Rights Reserved. Scripture references taken from the King James bible. Would you like to see what I am currently painting? Click on these links http://artparables.com or http://debbieturnerchavers.com Would you like to hear a bible story read to you? Click here http://www.youtube.com/user/debbieturnerchavers